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The necessity of working through the transference is stressed in almost all forms of psychodynamic therapy, from object relations theory, [9] through the openings offered for working through by transference disruption in self psychology, [10] to the repetitive exploration of the transference in group therapy.
Latané's studies on multiplication/divisions of impact state that the strength, immediacy, and number of targets play a role in social impact. That is, the more strength and immediacy and the greater number of targets in a social situation causes the social impact to be divided amongst all of the targets.
The basis of coherence therapy is the principle of symptom coherence. This is the view that any response of the brain–mind–body system is an expression of coherent personal constructs (or schemas), which are nonverbal, emotional, perceptual and somatic knowings, not verbal-cognitive propositions. [4]
Gestalt therapy is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist–client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person's life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation.
Care and treatment must be patient-centred, multidisciplinary, intensive and have an immediacy of response to critical clinical and risk situations. Patients should be detained compulsorily under the appropriate mental health legislative framework, and the clinical and risk profile of the patient usually requires an associated level of security.
This self-awareness helps in understanding the roles being played in therapy, and the meanings behind these interpersonal interactions. However, with this understanding comes a caution: therapists must remain vigilant about the dangers of unresolved countertransference, which can disrupt the therapeutic relationship.
Virtual reality therapy (VRT) was pioneered and originally termed by Max North documented by the first known publication (Virtual Environment and Psychological Disorders, Max M. North, and Sarah M. North, Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture, 2,4, July 1994), his doctoral VRT dissertation completion in 1995 (began in 1992), and followed with the first known published VRT book in 1996 (Virtual ...
The author, a professor of psychology and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, uses examples and analogies to illustrate how accepting and identifying one's thoughts "As just mere thoughts" can help one step back and separate oneself emotionally from one's actual thoughts and live more in the present moment, thus decreasing ...