The evolution of psychotherapy : the second conference

Papers from the 1990 Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference sponsored by the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

Preface. The history of the 1990 Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference - Linda Carr McThrail. Introduction: The evolution of psychotherapy revisited - Jeffrey K. Zeig. Section 1 - Family therapists. Salvador Minuchin - The restoried history of family therapy. Carl A. Whitaker - Symbolic experiential family therapy: model and methodology. Jay Haley - Zen and the art of therapy. Cloe Madanes - Stories of psychotherapy. Paul Watzlawick - The construction of clinical "realities". Mara Selvini Palazzoli - Identifying the various recurring processes in the family that lead to schizophrenia in an offspring. Section 2 - Cognitive behavioral approaches. Albert Ellis - The revised ABCs of rational-emotive therapy. Arnold A. Lazarus - Clinical/therapeutic effectiveness: banning the Procrustean bed and challenging ten prevalent myths. Donald Meichenbaum - Evolution of cognitive behavior therapy: origins, tenets, and clinical examples. Joseph Wolpe - Toward better results in the treatment of depression; the analysis of individual dynamics. Section 3 - Humanistic approaches. Erving Polster - The self in action: a Gestalt outlook. James F.T. Bugental - The betrayal of the human: psychotherapy's mission to reclaim our lost identity. Section 4 - Psychoanalytic therapies. James F. Masterson - The vital therapeutic alliance with borderline and narcissistic patients: a developmental, self and object-relations approach. Judd Marmor - The essence of dynamic psychotherapy. Section 5 - Mind-body approaches. Alexander Lowen - Bioenergetic analysis: a mind-body therapy. Ernest L. Rossi - The wave nature of consciousness: a new direction for the evolution of psychotherapy. Section 6 - Contemporary approaches. Mary McClure Goulding - Short-term redecision therapy in the treatment of clients who suffered childhood abuse. Jeffrey K. Zeig - The virtues of our faults: a key concept of Ericksonian therapy. William Glasser - Reality therapy. Section 7 - Social issues. Miriam Polster - Eve's daughters: the forbidden heroism of women. Thomas Szasz - The United States v. drugs. James Hillman - One hundred years of solitude, or Can the soul ever get out of analysis. Section 8 - Benediction. Rollo May - In the days of the giants--the steps in therapy to the present day

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