Catharsis and Cognition in Psychotherapy / by Barry Guinagh.
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1987.
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Catharsis and Cognition
- Examples of Catharsis and Cognition in Psychotherapy
- Plan of the Book
- 2 Catharsis and Change
- Descriptions of Catharsis
- Models of Catharsis
- Catharsis as an Emotional Breakdown
- The Role of Memory in Catharsis
- The Repetition of Cathartic Experiences
- The Immediate Outcome of Catharsis
- Summary
- 3 Cognition and Change
- Cognition and Behavior
- Cognitive Control of Behavior and Emotion
- Cognition and Neurosis
- Changing Maladaptive Cognitions
- Variations of Cognitive Therapy
- Cognitive Therapy: Common or Uncommon Sense
- The Immediate Outcome of Cognitive Therapy
- Summary
- 4 Sigmund Freud's Use of Catharsis and Cognition
- Charcot and Hysteria
- Freud's Use of Hypnotic Suggestion
- Hypnosis as an Aid to Catharsis
- The Sexual Origin of Neurosis
- From Hypnotism to Free Association
- Breuer's Technique of Catharsis
- Freud and Catharsis
- The Erasure Technique
- From Catharsis to Analysis
- From Reexperiencing to Remembering
- Summary
- 5 Tears of Grief
- Bereavement
- Grief: Crying and Distress
- The Oscillation of Crying and Discomfort
- The Purpose of Grief
- Catharsis and Bereavement
- Normal and Abnormal Bereavement
- Catharsis and Recovery
- Cognition and Recovery
- Summary
- 6 Psychological Trauma
- The Trauma of War
- Who Is Vulnerable?
- The Development of Symptoms
- Delay of Symptoms
- Persistence and Repetition of Symptoms
- The Compulsion to Repeat
- The Chowchilla School-Bus Kidnapping
- Summary
- 7 Catharsis in Therapy: Primal Therapy
- The Theory of Neurosis
- The Therapy
- Parallels with Bereavement and Psychological Trauma
- Summary
- 8 Cognitive Methods: Hypnotism and Meditation
- Hypnotism
- The Experience of Hypnotism
- Hypnotism and Cognitive Therapy
- Long-Term Effects of Hypnosis
- Self-Cure of Smoking and Obesity
- Hypnotism and Symptoms Substitution
- Hypnosis as an Aid to Change
- Relaxation Therapies
- Meditation
- Biofeedback
- Summary
- 9 Cognitive Self-Help: Positive Thinking
- A Goal, Belief, and Hope
- Negative Thinking
- Evidence
- Summary
- 10 The Rational Approach to Therapy
- The ABC of Human Emotion
- Deciding What to Believe
- Learning and Changing
- Techniques of Rational Therapists
- Relationship to Hypnosis and Positive Thinking
- Outcomes of Rational Therapy
- A Rational View of Catharsis
- Summary
- 11 Psychotherapy Research
- Different Methods But Similar Outcome
- Therapy Versus No Therapy
- Spontaneous Remission
- Deterioration and Nonresponse
- Problems with Outcome Studies
- How Is This Congruence Among Approaches Explained?
- Summary
- 12 Catharsis and Cognition in Psychotherapy
- Models of Catharsis and Cognition
- A Complementary Model
- Catharsis and Change
- Cognition and Change
- Insight and Repetition
- Movement Between Approaches
- Summary
- References
- Author Index.