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Book SynopsisThe control-mastery theory, developed by Dr. Joseph Weiss over the second half of the twentieth century, is an attempt to integrate an understanding of how the mind works, how psychopathologies develop, and how psychotherapy can effectively help. Control-Mastery theory assumes that the patient''s problems are rooted in the grim, constricting pathogenic beliefs that the patient acquires in the traumatic experiences of childhood. The driving force behind the psychotherapeutic process is the patient''s conscious and unconscious desire to recover the capacity to pursue life goals by gaining control and mastering self destructive patterns of thoughts and behaviors. Underlying this theory is the conception that the client structures (both consciously and unconsciously) the psychotherapeutic process in order to clearly and quickly address her own goals. Following this line of thought, the practitioner must be able to identify a client''s aims, respond to and encourage these thoughts, and deve
Table of ContentsPart I: Theory.Silberschatz, The Control-mastery Theory. Silberschatz, How Previously Inaccessible Experiences Become Conscious. Weiss, The Role of Safety in Emotional Regulation. Bush, The Role of Unconscious Guilt in Psychopathology and in Psychotherapy. Part II: Therapy.Curtis, Silberschatz, The Assessment of Pathogenic Beliefs. Bloomberg-Fretter, Clinical Use of the Plan Formulation in Long-term Psychotherapy. Sampson, Treatment by Attitudes. Pryor, A Long-term Therapy Case Illustrating Treatment by Attitude. Bugas, Silberschatz, How Patients Coach their Therapists. Part III: Research and Integration.Shilkret, Silberschatz, A Developmental Basis for Control-mastery Theory. Silberschatz, An Overview of Research on Control-mastery Theory. Silberschatz, The Control-mastery Theory: An Integrated Cognitive-psychodynamic-relational Theory.
