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Reflections on the Civil War in New Jersey: Men, Women, and Archives
No full textThe article briefly reviews the existing scholarship on New Jersey and the Civil War, and highlight topics that could be further explored. The essays in this volume, which use Special Collections and University Archives (SC/UA) collections as well as other resources, will be introduced as examples of new scholarship in this area. It also reveals SC/UA collections on the Civil War and New Jersey, and suggests collections that would reward further study. Among these are many resources related to the history of women. It concludes by showing how studying the role of women and gender in New Jersey can contribute to a greater understanding of the history of American women during this tumultuous period
The Case of "Adam": Reflections and Future Directions
No full textThree commentaries on "Targeting Sexual Stigma: The Hybrid Case Study of 'Adam' " (Mandel, 2014) present additional insights into providing psychotherapy for sexual minority clients who struggle with internalized homophobia, minority stress, and identity formation concerns. In his thoughtful response, Christopher Martell (2014) writes about heteronormativity, behavioral activation, multidimensional treatment, and the issue of “readiness” to address sexual orientation and identity in treatment. Rachel Proujansky and John Pachankis (2014) describe their exciting principle- and evidence-based LGB-affirmative psychotherapy, and explain the importance of addressing sexual behavior when working with sexual minority clients. Additionally, Daniel Chazin and Sam Klugman (2014) highlight key issues related to the coming-out process and systemic-level interventions. In the following response, I summarize the psychologists’ comments and provide feedback to further the dialogue regarding how to best serve the needs of sexual minority clients.
The Case of "Kate" and Her Pseudohallucinations from the Perspective of Interpersonal Defense Theory: An Example of Using Case Formulations as the Key Guide for Understanding Patients' Problems and Making Treatment Decisions
No full textShapiro, Bussing, and Nguyen’s (2014) case study of the treatment of Kate, a 16-year-old girl with pseudohallucinations, is instructive in two ways regarding the importance of going beyond a symptom-/diagnosis-based approach to psychotherapy. First, the case supports this point because the authors found it necessary to move away from their initial focus on Kate’s hallucinations to successively broader viewpoints on Kate’s problems, which involved shifting from a primary emphasis on medication to employing certain cognitive-behavioral interventions and then to taking a psychodynamically-oriented approach to Kate’s individual therapy coupled with addressing family dynamics in adjunctive parent therapy. I maintain that in large measure we can attribute the gains that were made in the treatment to the authors’ efforts (as therapist and supervisors) to move away from their initial symptom-based approach in these ways. However, I also maintain that the case study is instructive regarding the key point for a second, very different reason. I suggest that the authors could have moved further away from a symptom-/diagnosis-based approach by adopting an approach that takes case formulation based on theoretical principles about processes as the basis for clinical work and uses those principles to organize the clinical data, including information about symptoms and diagnoses. I offer a tentative formulation of the case based on interpersonal defense theory (e.g., Westerman, 2011b; Westerman & Muran, 2014; Westerman & Steen, 2007) as an example of such an approach. I use that formulation as the basis for identifying limitations in the individual therapy with Kate and the work with Kate’s parents and suggesting a number of ways in which the treatment might have been enhanced
Lincoln, Slavery, and Race in Civil War New Jersey: The Documentary Evidence and Treatments in Film
No full textThe article notes that the recent films on slavery, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012), Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchanged (2012) have enlivened discussions on the slavery and the Civil War. But Greene finds them all wanting in nuance and historical accuracy. He particularly points out Spielberg’s lack of enlightenment on Lincoln’s conservatism and yet his capacity for growth in his views on slavery and emancipation, that are also that of the nation, the North, and New Jersey. In this richly documented study, the author clarifies the historical record and hopes that “in the future, Hollywood will turn the camera’s lens to the complexities of the North in the antebellum, Civil war, and Reconstruction eras for as New Jersey’s own history demonstrates—the diversity and complexity of attitudes over slavery, race, emancipation, and the Civil War are plentiful.
The Hybrid Case Study of "Adam": Perspectives from Behavioral Activation and the Influence of Heteronormativity on LGB-Affirmative Therapy
No full textIn the hybrid case of "Adam," Mandel (2014) has provided an example of a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment for a depressed, gay, man who is in the process of coming out and disclosing his sexual identity. Affirmative therapies, however, are practiced within a broader context of a culture that presumes that heterosexuality is the norm by which sexual minorities are compared. This commentary suggests an alternative approach to the comprehensive CBT approach, with a briefer behavioral activation treatment possibility. Also, areas wherein a well-meaning, knowledgeable and skilled therapist still made possible missteps because of the influence of the overall heteronormative culture are discussed.
Trauma Treatment in Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: Applications of the Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Model to the Cases of "James" and "Juan"
No full textThis case study series investigates the application of the Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) model for young children with developmental disabilities who were exposed to trauma. Two Latino clients and their families were selected for systematic write-up: "James," 14 months old who, following medical trauma (surgery and stroke) showed global developmental delays; and "Juan," 6 years 2 months old with autism in the context of early exposure to domestic violence and a history of physical and emotional abuse. Utilizing the CPP model, we addressed the families’ histories of traumatic events, including domestic violence, medical trauma, and attachment concerns associated with parental adjustment to diagnosis. The CPP model was selected with the goal of strengthening the relationship between each child and his caregivers; restoring the child’s sense of safety, attachment, and appropriate affect; and improving the child’s behavioral and social functioning. Clinical insights regarding the application of the CPP model for young children with developmental disabilities who were exposed to trauma are offered. In addition, cultural applications for Latino families are explored
Toward Formulating Evidence-Based Principles of LGB-Affirmative Psychotherapy
No full textIn this commentary, we review eight potential LGB-affirmative psychotherapy principles for improving minority stress coping among sexual minority clients. We illustrate these principles with examples from both Mandel’s (2014) treatment approach and our clinical research team’s recent attempt to create and test the efficacy of a treatment employing these principles in an ongoing randomized controlled trial. These principles are grounded in empirical research regarding the mechanisms through which minority stress compromises the mental health of sexual minority individuals and are supported by clinical expert consensus. The specific principles that we review include: 1) normalizing the mental health impact of minority stress, 2) facilitating emotion awareness, regulation, and acceptance, 3) decreasing avoidance, 4) restructuring minority stress cognitions, 5) empowering sexual minority clients to communicate assertively, 6) validating sexual minority individuals’ unique strengths, 7) building supportive relationships, and 8) affirming healthy, rewarding expressions of sexuality. We believe that Mandel’s skillful approach to helping her hybrid client Adam cope with minority stressors, such as internalized homophobia, and associated mental health problems such as substance abuse and depression, to form a healthy identity as a gay man represents an exemplary demonstration of these principles in action
Determination of a space-dependent force function in the one-dimensional wave equation
No full textThe determination of an unknown spacewice dependent force function acting on a vibrating string from over-specied Cauchy boundary data is investigated numerically using the boundary element method (BEM) combined with a regularized method of separating variables. This linear inverse problem is ill-posed since small errors in the input data cause large errors in the output force solution. Consequently, when the input data is contaminated with noise we use the Tikhonov regularization method in order to obtain a stable solution. The choice of the regularization parameter is based on the L-curve method. Numerical results show that the solution is accurate for exact data and stable for noisy data
