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S Camenietzki

Publications and source records attributed to S Camenietzki.

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PubMed1999

The man from Big Sur.

Nine Ninety-Nine is a novel about the life and literary work of a paranoid schizophrenic writer, who was hospitalized between 1958 and 1984. He rarely looked people in the face, but, instead, stared at their shoes, ankles, and socks. Living in a closed ward, daily he studied the Bible and edited the Ward M Quarterly, a magazine devoted to the struggle against all authority figures. Over the decades, David Hoffnung, the narrator, received many treatments. In this chapter, he describes his experiences in long-term group psychotherapy.

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PubMed1991

A psychotherapist engages in behaviour therapy.

The article reviews clinical findings that led an experienced psychotherapist to favour behaviour therapy over psychotherapy for patients who have anxiety disorders involving avoidance of specific situations or avoidance of specific activities. It is maintained that anxiety disorders are best treated through psychotherapy when they are demonstrably connected to disturbances in interpersonal relations. Three basic procedures in behaviour therapy are described: desensitization, direct exposure, and cognitive restructuring. Transference patterns in each of these procedures are delineated. A fourth procedure, "clinical bargaining," helps patients relinquish avoidances by experimenting with new behaviours outside the consulting room. Selected aspects of transferase and counter-transference in clinical bargaining are discussed. In dealing with single patients, it is recommended that clinicians separate the non directive position of the psychotherapist from the directive role of the behaviour therapist, since these two roles are largely irreconcilable.

Adult↗