An Introduction to Psychotherapy

viii, 376 pp. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Part I. General Problems of Treatment: A Point of View; The Theory of the Therapeutic Relationship; Some Practical Implications of the Theory; Types of Psychotherapy; The Theory of Hospital Treatment; Gratification and Deprivation; Object Relations; Problems Relating to Administration; The Structure of the Treatment Relationship; Education and Reality; Values in Psychotherapy; Part II. Special Clinical Problems: The Initial Interview; A History Conference; Obsessive-Compulsive Defense; Acting Out and Psychopathy; Depression and Suicidal Risks; Masochism and Paranoia; Paranoia and Homicide; Part III. Supervisors' Conferences: Supervision Outline; Teacher or Critic?; The Transference; Bibliography; Bibliographical Note; Author Index; Subject Index.