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The Life-Saving Case of "Cora": A Rogerian Perspective
No full textHalvorsen, Benum, Haavind, and McLeod’s (2016) A Life-Saving Therapy: The Theory-Building Case of "Cora" is rich in ideas and findings. My reflections fall into four categories. First, I comment on the finding that therapist and client reports of change in the case of Cora differ from results on objective measures. I argue that an extensive qualitative examination could better resolve this issue. Second, I raise questions concerning the idea that clients’ problems necessarily stem from early childhood abuse. Third, I argue that the authors’ finding of the importance of persistence in therapy may better explain how therapy works than a primary focus on significant events or significant moments. Finally, I agree with the authors’ finding of client courage, but give an alternative interpretation of that
Preface to the Special Issue on the 250th Anniversary of Rutgers University Part One: The Life and Times of Henry Rutgers
No full textThis preface discusses some of Rutgers' unusual history and summarizes the articles of this issue
Cover and Table of Contents for Volume 67
No full textThe cover image is De Saturno (Saturn on a chariot eating children) from Arati Solensis Phenomena et Prognostica (1569, 1570), which is part of the 345 books from the Fairweather Collection in Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives, described and analyzed in Erika Gorder’s article “Occult Collections and Mysterious Coincidences At Rutgers” in this volume
慢性化したうつを抱えた日本人クライエント「太郎」に対する アクセプタンス&コミットメント・セラピー: トリートメント評価による再現可能性検証
No full text本研究は,慢性化したうつを抱えた日本人クライエント「太郎」に対して,アクセプタンス&コミットメント・セラピー(Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: ACT)の効果を実証的に検討したものである。クライエントは30才代の男性であった。ベースラインの後,毎週1時間のACTのトリートメント・セッションを9セッション,隔週1時間のブースター・セッション(ACTのセルフ・ヘルプ本を使用した読書療法)を3セッション,そして1ヵ月毎のフォローアップ・セッションを4セッションというデザインで援助を行った。また,ACTトリートメントは,各コア・プロセスに対応した特定的な介入手続きを段階的に導入することによって,その特定的な効果の有無を検証することを行った。その結果,日本人の慢性うつ患者にもACTが有効であることが示され,かつACTの各コア・プロセスに対応した介入手続きの効果を明確にすることができた。ただし,そのACTの介入効果は,ブースター・セッションまでは非常に顕著であったものの,フォローアップにおいては,ある程度維持に止まった。クライエントの職場での状況が悪化するのに伴い,いくらか状態が後退した。今後は,ACTの効果を維持させる要因の同定が必要であることが示唆された
Perspectives on the Case of "Judith"
No full textWard and Hogan’s (2015) case of "Judith," a client with traumatic brain injury (TBI), highlights the emerging interactive features of effective psychotherapy melding core elements of the art and science of a tried and true psychotherapy practice (non-directive, client-centered therapy) with cognitive training (CT), including executive functioning training. In our commentary we summarize the facts of the case and then view it from four perspectives: the role of additional assessment, psychiatric diagnoses, the role of CT, and the Hyer Model. The latter is our own model that highlights a comprehensive, systematic, holistic, individually tailed approach to the treatment process when both psychological distress and/or dysfunction are combined with cognitive deficit factors. We suggest that the Hyer Model helps to formalize and systematize the approach taken by Ward and Hogan in their case study of Judith.  
Using Client-Centered Psychotherapy Embedded Within A Pluralistic Integrative Approach to Help a Client With Executive Dysfunction: The Case of "Judith"
No full textExecutive dysfunction refers to a breakdown within a cluster of cognitive and behavioral processes that regulate, control, and manage the achievement of particular goals. Executive dysfunction can thus encompass problems like disinhibition, poor planning, impulsiveness and unproductive repetition. Previous reports in the literature have suggested that psychotherapy with clients affected by the condition can be complicated. This report consists of a case study on the successful use psychotherapy for "Judith," a 48-year-old client experiencing emotional disruption and affected by long standing executive difficulties due to a head injury sustained at work 10 years earlier who was seen in therapy by the first author (TW). Emotional well-being was assessed before and after a period of psychotherapy, using an ABA design, and appropriate single-case statistical techniques. The primary approach to the client’s issues was client-centered, but other problem-solving techniques were incorporated within a pluralistic framework and are described. The client’s reported well-being improved, and this improvement was statistically reliable and clinically significant. A previous report of therapy with a client with executive dysfunction suggested that the tendency to perseverate on particular negative thoughts can induce considerable distress in such clients. Judith's case study shows that while this might be a risk, it is possible to work successfully with at least some such clients, and to do so using a client-centered approach
Who was Elizabeth Dodderidge Thorp Powell and Why is the Fact She Took Her Former Father-in-Law to Court in 1693 Important?
No full textThis article began with a retirement gift from Lurie's department in 2010. Knowing of her special interest in New Jerseycolonial history, the department gave her a 1693 court writ from theEast Jersey colony. Lurie found this an intriguing but challengingdocument. Who were the people involved in this suit? Why wasa woman suing a man over a property dispute? The article revealsmuch about equity and fairness in the colonial courts and socialmatters of inheritance and property during colonial times. Lurietakes us along on a historical journey that shows us how initialquestions lead to dead-ends because of lack of documentationand how new lines of research developed as she uncovered n
An Exceptional, Efficient, and Resilient Therapist: A Case Study in Practice-Based Evidence
No full textHansen, Lambert, and Vlass (2015) offer a timely and insightful research study into the delivery of exceptional psychotherapy practice by a private practitioner name Eri. At the conceptual level, we raise points about terminology ("supershrink") and the operationalization of sudden loss, while in terms of research we draw links with models of very brief interventions and set the account within the paradigm of practice-based research. We argue that the report is an exemplar of practice-based research at the level of the individual practitioner. In relation to clinical practice, we comment on how Eri demonstrates resilience in her routine practice by maintaining a high degree of personal competence, not only towards herself (e.g., in her deliberate use of patient outcome measures) but also in the application of her clinical skills and the development of a working alliance bond with clients, evidenced particularly with patients achieving sudden gains. Consideration is given to the salient client factors that may or may not facilitate change and additional comment is made on how service-level designs could impact on the delivery of sufficient treatment depending on clients' needs
Forbidden Words: Taboo Texts in Popular Literature and Cinema
No full textIn his essay “Forbidden Words: Taboo Texts in Popular Literature and Film,” Whitty investigates the occult in popularfiction beginning in the nineteenth century and in film since the twentieth century. He discovers a recurring theme in these works:the discovery of an esoteric text containing “forbidden words,”that reveal knowledge of secrets that unleash powerful evil. Hisbroad survey of forbidden words ranges from the Garden of Eden, the Kabala, to the Victorian penny dreadful, to the “Weird Tales” magazine, and the vampire novels of Anne Rice, to name a few.He takes us through myriad films includingNosferatu(1920), The Mummy (1932),The Seventh Victim(1943), Rosemary’s Baby (1968),TheExorcist(1973), and Ruby Sparks(2012) to demonstrate thissame phenomenon
事例研究特集号¯はじめに 日本における事例研究:2つの方法,2つの世界観
No full textPCSPの本特集号では日本における2つの事例研究を紹介し,続いて次々号では,異なる研究の背景を代表する4人の著名な心理学者のコメント,そのコメントに対する事例研究論文の執筆者の回答を紹介する。日本の臨床心理学はその歴史を通して心理療法における事例研究の中心的な役割と,実践・研究・訓練と事例研究の不可分性を強調してきた。臨床心理学の学術誌には数多くの事例研究が掲載され,そのため,多くの臨床家は専門家としての成長に資する活動として事例研究に携わっている。しかし,このように事例研究が臨床心理学の中心に据えられているにもかかわらず,その方法論的問題についての検討には結びついていない。何が良い事例研究を構成するのか,あるいはどんな種類のエビデンスや根拠が事例研究における妥当な推論のために必要なのかということはほとんどふれられてこなかった。日本の心理学における多種多様の事例研究は,一方に伝統的なナラティブ形式の臨床事例研究があり,もう一方にターゲットとされる症状の変化を客観的にモニターする科学的に厳密な一事例実験デザインがあり,その二極のあいだに位置づけられる。本特集号で,この二極の事例研究の形態の際立った例をそれぞれ提示する。本特集号に紹介する2つの事例研究は,系統的で厳密な事例研究が心理療法研究の一形態としてどのように行われ,報告されるのかということについての異なるモデルを表す。本特集では,(a)これらの方法論的な基準を満たすより多くの事例研究を奨励するため,(b)異なる事例研究の方法論についての議論を活気づけるために,これらの2つのモデルを合わせて提示する