The therapeutic alliance / edited by Steven T. Levy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levy, Steven T.

Series:

Workshop series of the American Psychoanalytic Association ; monograph 9.

Workshop series of the American Psychoanalytic Association ; monograph 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Therapeutic alliance--Congresses.

Therapeutic alliance.

Psychoanalytic Therapy.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Suggestion.

Medical Subjects:

Psychoanalytic Therapy.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Suggestion.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 137 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Conn. : International Universities Press, [2000]

Summary:

Examines the therapeutic relationship which provides the context of therapeutic work in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Each chapter begins with an introduction to the author and an orienting summary statement about central themes. Subjects include the concept of the therapeutic alliance and the interplay of transferences in the opening phase, and therapeutic alliance with the more disturbed patient. Papers and discussions were originally presented at 1993 and 1994 seminars.

Contents:

1. The Problem of Therapeutic Alliance / Sander M. Abend 1

2. On Beginnings: The Concept of the Therapeutic Alliance and the Interplay of Transferences in the Opening Phase / Theodore Jacobs 17

3. Neutrality and the Therapeutic Alliance: What Does the Analyst Want? / Axel Hoffer 35

4. Engaging the Child in the Therapeutic Process / Judith Fingert Chused 55

5. The Alliance and the More Disturbed Patient / Gerald Adler 75

6. Discussion of the Therapeutic Alliance / Owen Renik 95

7. The Therapeutic Alliance / Morton Shane 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and indexes.

ISBN:

0823664716

OCLC:

40943479