{"title":"Relational Aspects of Competition","authors":"Timothy J. Wildman DMin","doi":"10.1300/J358V10N03_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V10N03_07","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Utilizing the dual contexts of feminist relational psychology and the writer's acculturation to sport as a male, his daughters' competitive running relationships are explored. With the 1995 Boston Marathon as a central unifying event and metaphor, it is concluded that: relatedness and competitiveness are an empowering tension; men feel a need to bifurcate relatedness and competitiveness; and a sport such as running can foster relational growth. Girls and women, entering competitive sports in ever-increasing numbers, should be encouraged to retain and develop their relational skills in order to achieve maximum performance and attain optimal benefit. The infusion of relational values can increase the enjoyment of competitive sport by both females and males.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114158095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anxiety Management and the Elite Athlete","authors":"T. Petrie","doi":"10.1300/J358V10N03_13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V10N03_13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, therapeutic work with an elite, African-American female athlete is described. The focus of treatment was threefold: (1) anxiety management; (2) relationships with coach; and (3) race and social isolation. Strategies used to address each issue are described, as is the general outcome for this athlete.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133525564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Boredom in Marital Therapy","authors":"Abpp William C. Nichols EdD","doi":"10.1300/J358V03N03_14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V03N03_14","url":null,"abstract":"This paper contains a clinician's reflections on the manifestations of boredom in marital therapy clients, marital therapy sessions, and therapists. Brief discussions of what is involved in each of these areas are given and some suggestions made for dealing with what appears in each instance.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122661215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functions of Boredom","authors":"Ann Q. Hozier","doi":"10.1300/J358V03N03_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V03N03_05","url":null,"abstract":"Several functions of boredom, the implications for treatment, and some conceptual thoughts about boredom are discussed. Boredom as a defense against oral-erotic and oral-sadistic drives, and boredom as a traditional phase are illustrated in the case of Janice. Boredom as an indication of a developmental ego defect and a lack of differentiation between the me and the not-me are discussed in the case of Mary. The importance of the therapist's understanding of the function of boredom for a particular patient at a specific point in treatment is stressed.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122210992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Holding On When You Feel Like Letting Go","authors":"Robert W. Gunn DMin","doi":"10.1300/J358V03N03_16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V03N03_16","url":null,"abstract":"Boredom resists interest, thus blocking the very motivation and reflective attention required in the psychotherapy process. However, difficult a bored patient may be, the greatest difficulty arises when the therapist becomes bored. The therapist's boredom is seen from the prespective of the therapist's unmet needs both within and outside of the treatment process.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129595675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Client-Therapist Boredom","authors":"J. McHolland","doi":"10.1300/J358V03N03_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V03N03_09","url":null,"abstract":"The Client-Psychotherapist Boredom Inventory was administered to 36 therapists to ascertain the frequency of client and therapist boredom. Differences in reported boredom emerged in experience level of therapists but not across theoretical orientations. The multiple meanings of boredom are discussed. Finally, therapeutic management of boredom focuses on strategies for dealing with therapist in-session boredom and client problems in feeling bored in/outside therapy or in boring other people. Both adult and adolescent boredom is examined briefly utilizing an integrative eclectic approach to understanding and intervening with the boredom.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121737246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Loneliness and the Aging Client","authors":"Samuel M. Natale D.Phil.","doi":"10.1300/J358V02N03_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V02N03_07","url":null,"abstract":"The article surveys the sociological and psychological themes and demographics that characterize the aging person. Loneliness as a manifestation of psychological and social development is examined. Individual and group modes of intervention to alleviate chronic loneliness among the aged are discussed and analyzed.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128567012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Model for Working With Lonely Clients","authors":"L. Richmond, Edith D. Picken","doi":"10.1300/J358V02N03_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V02N03_09","url":null,"abstract":"This article offers direction for people who counsel growing numbers of lonely clients by connecting Sadler's cosmic cultural, social, interpersonal and psychological lonelines to both causes and consequences. Treatment that involves awareness, identification, personalization and entry into positive solitude is suggested. Illustrative case studies are included.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114381529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"With Him on the Trapeze","authors":"E. M. S. E. Abpp","doi":"10.1300/J358V13N01_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J358V13N01_05","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY This is a collective telling of several psychotherapeutic relationships brought into a singular account. Be aware that each person in this article, living and dead, exists within the bounds of this account with the author's 50years of the practice of psychotherapy remaining the sole constant.","PeriodicalId":118583,"journal":{"name":"The Psychotherapy Patient","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128687806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}