Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association articles from November 2002

Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association archives from November 2002

The 2002 conference. (chair's corner).
November 1, 2002... We're heading for home. The conference in Disney World went quickly. Those four days just flew by. The pace was rapid, but it was exciting. Our main speaker was Albert Ellis and he lived up to his reputation in all ways. We celebrated his 89th...

Parity update. (chair's corner).
November 1, 2002... The American Psychotherapy Association extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, and daughter Marcia who died in a plane crash in Minnesota Oct. 25. Sen. Wellstone was a Democrat and a...

Welcome new members. (chair's corner).
November 1, 2002... Welcome New Members Nadir Baksh, Psy. D. Stuart, FL Peter J. Crouch, B.A. Fleischmanns, NY Edith T. Dalton, Ph.D. Montgomery, AL Joseph W. Douglass, Sr., Ph.D. Saint Petersburg,...

Emotional effects of terrorism on children.
November 1, 2002... Interviews with Barbara Harling, Ph.D. and Caryn Coons, M.A., LPC, DAPA Americans have witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the bombing of the U.S.S....

The American Psychotherapy Association celebrates its 5th Anniversary in Orlando.
November 1, 2002... The American Psychotherapy Association has grown from a small organization with just 89 members in 1997 to a multidisciplinary membership association with nearly 5,000 counselors, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists,...

A quick tour of online sexuality Part 1.
November 1, 2002... Abstract Online sexual activity (OSA) has developed with the Internet age and is on the leading edge of the next sexual revolution (Cooper & Griffin-Shelley, 2002). As with all human endeavors, there are beneficial and deleterious elements...

Psychotheraphy with the religious athlete.
November 1, 2002... Abstract In the absence of any systematic research on religiousness in athletes, applied experience has implicated religion as a core value within the lives of many athletes. Nevertheless, the extant literature contains little discussion...

The role of authenticity in healthy psychological functioning and subjective well-being.
November 1, 2002... Abstract A variety of conceptualizations of authenticity exist ranging from emphasizing actualization of "being needs" (Maslow, 1968) to engaging in self-determined behavior consistent with intrinsic organismic needs (Deci & Ryan, 2000)....

Terrorism, the beginning impact. (psychological effects of terrorism).
November 1, 2002... A year ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, I was driving my 4-year-old daughter to school in New York. This was her first day of school. Her school was approximately 10 miles away from where the World Trade Center used to stand. I was accompanied by my...

The four sacred clowns of bioethics. (ethics).
November 1, 2002... One of the most provocative exhibits in the Heard Museum of Native American Culture in Phoenix, Ariz., is a four-figure sculpture enclosed in a large glass case on the main floor. The complex sculpture was created by a Native American Pueblo...

The price of a gift. (practice management).
November 1, 2002... The giving and receiving of gifts as a simple expression of gratitude and affection isn't so simple when it occurs in the context of a therapeutic relationship. Unlike other areas of possible violation of professional ethics violations, there...

Primer for prescription medicines: the mood stabilizers. (RX primer).
November 1, 2002... The medications for Bipolar Disorder divide rather well into lithium (the first medication to be described in the literature for this disorder), the anticonvulsants and the calcium channel blockers. Together they are termed "mood stabilizers"...

The Personality Disorder.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... By James F. Masterson Recently, while on vacation, I read two well-written books. The first was a new Grisham novel. The other was Dr. James Masterson's fine attempt at reviewing a quarter century of thought on Axis II mental health...

Life on Hold: Finding Hope in the Face of Serious Illness.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... By Laurel S. Brunvoll & David G. Seiler, Ph.D. Life on Hold: Finding Hope in the Face of Serious Illness is thought-provoking, yet sensitive, as it takes a heartfelt look at coping with terminal sickness. Inspired by the impact of serious...

Sex & the Internet: a Guidebook for Clinicians.(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Edited By Al Cooper Sex & the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians is one of the first publications to cover Internet sexuality in a detailed and clinical way. In his book, Al Cooper examines the growing influence of the Internet on sex,...

What is somatic attunement? (somatic resonance).
November 1, 2002... Somatic means "of the body" (Greek soma) and attunement means to adjust or accustom something to become receptive or responsive to something else. In the situation of vicarious traumatization, it is important to be clear that we are referring...

Filling in the blanks: bringing a benefit of family counseling to individual treatment. (student's corner).
November 1, 2002... Counselors who work systemically with families have a considerable advantage over those who work exclusively with individuals. Observing the dynamics of each person as s/he navigates the familial patterns of interaction generates data and...

Social welfare reform and employment: is it working? (Part 1). (social work notes).
November 1, 2002... With the passage of the Personal Responsibility Act and Work Opportunity Reconstruction Act of 1996 and its welfare reform bill Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the 104th Congress and President Clinton radically altered the Social...

Mentoring-guidance and self-reflection. (mentoring).
November 1, 2002... Mentoring is a role that can serve many purposes. On frequent occasions, it is surprising how many people allow what could be an invaluable opportunity to become a time to fulfill a need for control of others as individuals, or groups. Instead...

Constructing fences that do make for good therapists and good therapy. (boundaries).
November 1, 2002... In a previous issue of the Annals, I showed how the therapeutic encounter can be rendered useless, even traumatic, if the therapist works so hard at keeping boundaries intact that the patient experiences herself as safely walled off from the...

A review of Guest's Errands.
November 1, 2002... Over this past summer, I had the opportunity to read Judith Guest's wonderful novel, Errands (New York: Ballantine Books, 1997). Guest deals with the effects of terminal illness and death on a family. Keith, husband to Annie and father to...

Lifestyle psychotherapy. (grief notes).
November 1, 2002... Is your lifestyle affected by money, power and ego? Some people never have enough and are driven for more and more. Sometimes there is a big price to pay when one is driven to keep achieving. Stress and poor health may be the result when one...