May 68 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...

Major developments in methods addressing for whom psychotherapy may work and why.

Significant progress has been achieved in the last decades in studying two central questions in psychotherapy research: what treatment works for which patient and why does treatment work. This paper delineates central developments in the methods used to study each of these questions. Through targeted examples, the paper discusses several phenomena and trends in psychotherapy research. Regarding...

Review: antidepressants and psychotherapy may be equally effective for promoting remission in major depressive disorder.

Study selection Eligible studies were randomised controlled trials with blinded participants and assessors that (1) directly compared medications, psychotherapy and controls for well defined major depressive disorder; (2) included remission data. 6 studies were included with 883 outpatients with mild to moderate non-psychotic major depressive disorder. Mean age ranged from 32–40 years; 77% wome...

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 ...

P-68: Women