The symptom-context method : symptoms as opportunities in psychotherapy

Author(s)

• Luborsky, Lester

Bibliographic Information

The symptom-context method : symptoms as opportunities in psychotherapy

Lester Luborsky

American Psychological Association, c1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

From a well-known pioneer in short-term psychotherapy and psychotherapy research, this examination of a symptom formation is set in the context of clinical practice. It does not rely upon patient recall of symptoms as data for treatment planning or research, but rather describes a data-gathering method for symptoms as they arise in fact, in the psychotherapy session. Theory, empirical research and applications to assessment and treatment are all covered with regard to problems such as phobias, depression and psychosomatic disorders, as well as more normative behaviours, such as laughing and forgetting. The book enables practitioners and researchers to re-examine some of the most important clinical material that patients present and to do so in creative ways that are adaptable to any theoretical or practice orientation.

Table of Contents

• The Symptom-Context Method and Why Clinicians and Researchers Need It
• A Gudie to Symptom-Context Methods
• The Context for Momentary Forgetting
• A Cross-Sectional Study of 17 Patients
• The Context for Sudden Depressive Mood Shifts
• Stalking the Elusive Context of a Phobia - By a Modified Symptom-Context Method
• The Context for Stomach Ulcer Pains
• The Context for Migraine-Like Headaches
• The Context for Absence Epilepsy Episodes
• The Context for Premature Ventricular Contradictions of the Heart
• Laughing Matters in Psychotherapy - How to Read Their Context
• The Context for Crying in Family Therapy - What Makes Susie Cry?
• The Context for Children's Touching of Treasured Objects - Bunnies, Bears and Blankets
• The Context for Touching the Mouth During Psychoanalytic Sessions
• A Guide to Therapeutic Uses of Symptom-Context Methods
• Classical Theories of Symptom Formation - Freud, Engel and Schmale, Goldstein, Angyal and Seligman
• And Summing up and Looking Ahead - A New Symptom-Context Theory of How Psychological and Psychosomatic Symptoms Form.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA31668779
• ISBN:
  • 1557983542
• LCCN: 96004876
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 422 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC454.4
  • NLM : WM 420 L929s 1996
  • DC20 : 616.89/075
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psychology, Pathological
  • LCSH : Symptomatology
  • LCSH : Psychotherapy
  • MESH : Psychotherapy -- methods
  • MESH : Mental Disorders -- diagnosis
  • MESH : Mental Disorders -- therapy
  • MESH : Psychophysiologic Disorders -- diagnosis
  • MESH : Psychophysiologic Disorders -- therapy