IS THERE AN IDEAL THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP? The most important element to therapy being effective is the creation of the therapeutic relationship. This is a relationship like no other a person will have and it is the essential component to therapy. … Continue reading →
Rollo May Part 2 The strength of Dasein within a person is construed as a barometer of healthy development. In line with Mayâs thinking, a highly significant aspect of psychological health is the individualâs ability to imagine a desirable future state and orientate … Continue reading →
Rollo May Part 1 The work of Rollo May respects the contributions of noted European existentialist thinkers, such as Binswanger and Boss. He is generally credited with importing and integrating such philosophical issues into American psychology. May maintains the fundamental existentialist proposition that … Continue reading →
THE PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION A contrast to the psychotherapeutic interviews, is the heavily structured psychiatric examination. The psychiatric examination includes a thorough case history, and an examination of the physical and mental state of the client. The taking of the client’s history is an … Continue reading →
CARL ROGERS’ NONDIRECTIVE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUE Carl Rogers’ interviewing technique is one in which the therapist takes a very definite back seat. It is less structured than free association and is underpinned by a philosophy that is scornful of all who would be … Continue reading →
Freudian Treatment Schedules Freud (1856-1939) was the founder of the modern psychotherapeutic interview. After abandoning hypnosis, he adopted a technique called ‘free association’. This was a technique in which he encouraged his clients to ‘talk’ with the minimum interruptions to their outpourings. Initially, … Continue reading →
Treatment Schedules There is no, single, agreed approach to how a therapist establishes his or her treatment schedule. What follows, therefore, is by way of recommendation, based upon clinical experience. Given the importance placed upon the Consultation by the National College, this aspect … Continue reading →
How psychotherapy works The BIG question! And one to which there is no one answer. Followers of different schools would give different answers, but as an integrative training, let’s give an integrated answer! Here are some of the factors which may contribute … Continue reading →
Agoraphobia Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. As a result, sufferers of agoraphobia may avoid public and/or unfamiliar places. … Continue reading →
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder This is defined in the DSM-IV as: A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following have been present: (1) the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or … Continue reading →
