Although integration has been formally influencing the field of psychotherapy since the 1930s, its impact gained significant momentum during the 1980s. Practical, theoretical, and scientific reasons help to explain the growing influence of integration in psychotherapy. The field of psychotherapy is characterized by many challenges which integration may change into meaningful opportunities. None...

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...

distressing character of infertility has led to the development of several psychosocial interventions. we describe two women who suffered from infertility with unknown cause for a long-time period. they participated in weekly, one and half hour group psychotherapy for 10 sessions regularly and became pregnant after these sessions. group psychotherapy can be used for infertile women who suffer f...

Hakomi as a legitimate & scientifically valid form of Body-Psychotherapy The European Association for Body-Psychotherapy (EABP) has already made a submission about the scientific validity of Body-Psychotherapy as a mainstream branch of psychotherapy. This has been accepted by the EAP and thus, according to it's criteria, Body-Psychotherapy is scientifically validated. Hakomi is a modality withi...

Neuroscience has developed a number of useful methods for analyzing cognitive function. As a result, our understanding of normal and abnormal mental function has grown substantially. These insights have improved the ability to intervene pharmacotherapeuti-cally in the treatment of patients with mental illness. Can this new understanding also inform and improve psychotherapeutic interventions? P...

BACKGROUND Depression is a condition with various modes of treatment, including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and some combination of each. The role of psychotherapy in the treatment of depression relative to the role of pharmacotherapy is not well understood, and guidelines for psychotherapy in the primary care setting differ from guidelines for specialty care. There is little evidence conce...

In this paper I review the use of the concept of transference in psychotherapy, and explore its limitations. I go on to argue that the concept is no longer useful to us in the practice of contemporary psychotherapy. Along the way I will make reference to some of the potential pitfalls of a psychotherapy without it, pitfalls into which I believe practitioners of psychotherapy and counselling fre...

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