Character and Psychotherapy

Cognitive psychotherapy and integrative psychotherapy

The text presented below, consisting of two complementary parts, was written almost three years ago as a chapter for a book on cognitive therapy. As the publication of the book was continually delayed, a week before his death Professor Leder asked the book editor, Andrzej Kokoszka, if he didn’t think it suitable to publish at least parts of the book separately, since the publication date was in...

Feminist psychotherapy: Concepts and Application

Feminist psychotherapy has an existentialistic and egalitarian approach to human beings. It focuses on the continuous interchange between the psychological, social and biological aspects of Mankind. The recent trends of feminist psychotherapy succeed in multicultural affairs. Islam has acclaimed some of the Feminist demands. Feminist psychotherapy is based on feminist theory. Though there are ...

On pm$^+$ and finite character bi-amalgamation

‎Let $f:Arightarrow B$ and $g:A rightarrow C$ be two ring homomorphisms and let $J$ and $J^{'}$ be two ideals of $B$ and $C$‎, ‎respectively‎, ‎such that $f^{-1}(J)=g^{-1}(J^{'})$‎. ‎The bi-amalgamation of $A$ with $(B,C)$ along $(J,J^{'})$ with respect of $(f,g)$ is the subring of $Btimes C$ given by‎ ‎$Abowtie^{f,g}(J,J^{'})={(f(a)+j,g(a)+j^{'})‎/ ‎a in A‎, ‎(j,j^{'}) in Jtimes J^{'}}.$‎ ‎In ...

Temperament, character and personality disorders as predictors of response to interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression.

BACKGROUND Interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy are widely accepted as effective treatments for major depression. There is little evidence on how personality disorder or personality traits affect treatment response. AIMS To determine whether personality disorder or traits have an adverse impact on treatment response to interpersonal psychotherapy or cognitive-behaviou...

Psychotherapy