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The late Carl Whitaker's enormous insight and clinical expertise made themselves felt in virtually every area of psychotherapy. His most significant writings are collected in this volume.
From Psyche to System The Evolving Therapy of Carl Whitaker
by Neill, John R.; Kniskern, David P.Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1989-06-12
Publisher(s): The Guilford Press
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Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Biographical Introduction to the Work of Carl Whitaker, MD | p. 1 |
| Psychotherapy | p. 21 |
| My Philosophy of Psychotherapy | p. 31 |
| Three Types of Craziness | p. 36 |
| The Psychotherapeutic Impasse | p. 38 |
| Guest Editorial: The Impasse | p. 44 |
| The Administrative Ending in Psychotherapy | p. 49 |
| The Use of Aggression in Psychotherapy | p. 52 |
| Training for the Unreality Experience | p. 70 |
| The Role of Silence in Brief Psychotherapy | p. 75 |
| Communication in Brief Psychotherapy with the Nonpsychotic Patient | p. 80 |
| First-Stage Techniques in the Experiential Psychotherapy of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients | p. 90 |
| Preverbal Aspects of Psychotherapy with Schizophrenics | p. 105 |
| The Contribution of Individual and Family Therapy to the Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia | p. 112 |
| Training and Growth of the Therapist | p. 117 |
| The Ongoing Training of the Psychotherapist | p. 121 |
| Multiple Therapy and Its Variations | p. 138 |
| The Commitment to Intimacy | p. 151 |
| When Not to Share Yourself with a Patient | p. 153 |
| Group Encounter: The Now Self of Me | p. 155 |
| Letter: Sauna Bath and Snow Plunge | p. 161 |
| Marital Therapy | p. 163 |
| Functions of Marriage | p. 166 |
| Psychotherapy with Couples | p. 175 |
| Psychotherapy of Married Couples | p. 182 |
| Psychotherapy of Marital Conflict | p. 189 |
| A Reevaluation of "Psychiatric Help" when Divorce Impends | p. 196 |
| Family Therapy | p. 209 |
| Objectives of Family Treatment | p. 215 |
| The Technique of Family Therapy | p. 217 |
| Countertransference in the Family Treatment of Schizophrenia | p. 229 |
| Acting Out in Family Psychotherapy | p. 250 |
| The Symptomatic Adolescent--An AWOL Family Member | p. 260 |
| Power Politics of Family Psychotherapy | p. 272 |
| Symbolic Sex in Family Therapy | p. 277 |
| Process Techniques of Family Therapy | p. 283 |
| A Family Is a Four-Dimensional Relationship | p. 304 |
| The Hindrance of Theory in Clinical Work | p. 317 |
| Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy | p. 330 |
| Gatherings | p. 365 |
| Envoi | p. 377 |
| Editors' Notes and References | p. 379 |
| Author's References | p. 387 |
| Works by Carl Whitaker | p. 389 |
| Index | p. 397 |
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