Changing Frontiers in the Science of Psychotherapy

This book is an exploration and mapping of the frontiers of research in psychotherapy

Irving Babbitt

1 Introduction ORIENTATION AND RATIONALE; SOME FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES; 2 Sullivan's Conceptions: Beginnings of a System THE INTERPERSONAL NATURE OF PERSONALITY HUMAN INFANCY; LATER DEVELOPMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS; THE DEVELOPMENTAL ERAS; DISTORTIONS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; Mechanisms of defense; An example of mild mental disorder: Jealousy; An example of more serious mental disorder: Hysteria; An example of severe mental disorder: Schizophrenia CONCLUSION; 3 Learning Interpersonal Behavior BASIC PROCESSES IN HUMAN LEARNING; Action learning, Cognitive learning PLANS AND STRATEGIES: AN INTEGRATION; OVERVIEW Interpersonal behavior and the habits of squirrels 4 Varieties of Interpersonal Behavior A TAXONOMY OF INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR; THE ACHIEVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTERACTIONAL BALANCE; 5 Negotiating Interpersonal Transactions REWARDS AND COSTS; INTERACTION-OUTCOME PROCESSES: TWO EXAMPLES; GENERALIZED INTERPERSONAL STYLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONAL ASPECTS; POWER AND DEPENDENCE IN DYADIC RELATIONSHIPS 6 Contractual Arrangements in Interpersonal Relations THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORMS; IMPLICIT CONTRACTS IN DYADIC INTERACTION; FRAUDULENT INTERPERSONAL CONTRACTS; A FINAL WORD 7 Personality Disorder: Extranormative Efforts at Relationship THE DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSAL FACTORS IN PERSONALITY DISORDER; VARIETIES OF RESIDUAL RULE-BREAKING; 8 Psychotherapy: Disorder-Reducing Interpersonal Relationships; DYADIC RELATIONSHIP THERAPY AS THE FOCUS; THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TASK; BASIC PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; THE TRANSFER OF THERAPEUTIC LEARNING, Image dedifferentiation, Intervention in other client relationships