The Anatomy of Psychotherapy : Systems of Communication and Expectation / Arnold Bernstein, Henry L. Lennard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennard, Henry L., Author.

Bernstein, Arnold, Author.

Contributor:

Hendin, Helen C.

Palmore, Erdman B.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1960]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Provides a picture of the structure of therapeutic communication. Approaches therapy in four ways: as an action system, as an informational exchange, in determining role expectations, and in exploring interrelations between communication and expectations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Figures

Tables

Introduction

I. Conceptual Framework of the Study

II. Methodology

III. Differentiation

IV. Interdependence of Therapist and Patient Verbal Behavior

V. Equilibrium Processes

VI. Informational Structure in Psychotherapy

VII. The Dimensions of Therapist and Patient Role Expectations

VIII. Expectations and Behavior in Therapy

IX. Expectations and Initial Communication

X. Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory Communication

XI. Some Last Thoughts

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

0-231-89186-5

OCLC:

1100433585