We have already seen how a deeper understanding of the person beneath the diagnosis can suggest powerful methods for securing a sound initial treatment plan, while simultaneously maximizing engagement and…
Introduction One wonders what the world is like when a plank in reason splinters, as Emily Dickinson describes the slip into psychotic process. The more we, as clinicians, can develop…
Introduction to Object Relations and Self Psychology If we follow the logic in our opening epigram from Kohut, patients who present to us with borderline and narcissistic structure are suffocating…
During the initial years of training and, indeed, during the remaining course of the clinician’s career, the clinician cultivates a garden of sorts. In this garden, the clinician attempts to…
The clinical interview manifests as a relationship. As with all relationships, it undergoes a continuous process of change. It takes two things that exist, the clinician and the patient, and…
Introduction I cannot say whether Emily Dickinson was coping with a personality disorder or not, but I can say that she was both wonderfully fascinating and creatively gifted. I can…
Introduction One can easily empathize with the plight of young Alice. She is encountering the unpleasant slap of confrontation, and she does not know where to move next. She is…
In the following pages, we will begin a study of the interviewing process. We will be examining the craft in which one human attempts the formidable task of understanding another…
Introduction In this chapter, we will search for a more sophisticated understanding of how a mood disorder is experienced by a patient in each wing of the patient’s matrix as…
Poe aptly describes the fear and anxiety that so frequently walk hand-in-hand with the process known as psychosis. Amidst this tapestry of fear and anxiety, a plethora of psychological traps…
