Word: therapist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...near-abstract terms, which are not good enough for psychotherapy. When the patient has pictured the pleasant scene of his choice, Dr. Kunin asks him to recall a previous occasion when he was in a similar situation, and to describe it, along with his feelings about it. If the therapist interrupts with questions, the finger lifts are sufficient answers, and they do not break the chain of the patient's associations...
Respectable Decade. Dr. Kunin believes that all psychotherapy makes use of the power of suggestion, but that hypnosis makes the most direct and efficient use of it. It helps the patient to concentrate, and with the added advantage of ideomotor signals it markedly improves communications between therapist and patient...
...that he belongs to a group of personality theorists who accept many of Freud's insights, but reject his pan-sexualism, and place emphasis on the conscious mind and cultural determinants. The Neo-Freudians (Fromm, Herney, Erikson, among others) also believe that a psychiatrist should practice "directive therapy"--the therapist should offer concrete advice to his patient, not remain a passive listener. Blaine uses his theory in "short-term psychotherapy," the usual treatment offered by the Health Services. In the program, the student usually comes in once a week for an hour for no longer than two semesters. Those needing...
...still let me spend the most time with my family. I'll have the same vacations that my children have." But the range of jobs that some restless ladies are able to find is wide. The 20 members of one garden club in suburban Atlanta include a therapist in a children's hospital, an artist's assistant, a bridal consultant, a silver and china dealer, and an assistant accountant...
...handled a group of boys, aged 13 to 15, who were doing poorly in school and heading into trouble. The boys insisted on being treated together. They showed up in flashy clothes, laughing too loudly in the hope of appearing casual, and tensely chain-smoking. They ridiculed the therapist for wearing "square" clothes and not being hip. They complained of being persecuted by parents and police. When sex was discussed, the therapist found that the boys were utterly ignorant of the subject, and, despite their bravado, they were all virgins. The group sessions on sex became tense, often punctuated...