{"product_id":"transformative-relationships-9780415861113","title":"Transformative Relationships","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Theory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e The Control-mastery Theory. \u003cem\u003eSilberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e How Previously Inaccessible Experiences Become Conscious. \u003cem\u003eWeiss,\u003c\/em\u003e The Role of Safety in Emotional Regulation. \u003cem\u003eBush,\u003c\/em\u003e The Role of Unconscious Guilt in Psychopathology and in Psychotherapy. \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Therapy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurtis, Silberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e The Assessment of Pathogenic Beliefs. \u003cem\u003eBloomberg-Fretter,\u003c\/em\u003e Clinical Use of the Plan Formulation in Long-term Psychotherapy. \u003cem\u003eSampson,\u003c\/em\u003e Treatment by Attitudes. \u003cem\u003ePryor,\u003c\/em\u003e A Long-term Therapy Case Illustrating Treatment by Attitude. \u003cem\u003eBugas, Silberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e How Patients Coach their Therapists.\u003cstrong\u003e Part III: Research and Integration.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShilkret, Silberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e A Developmental Basis for Control-mastery Theory. \u003cem\u003eSilberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e An Overview of Research on Control-mastery Theory. \u003cem\u003eSilberschatz,\u003c\/em\u003e The Control-mastery Theory: An Integrated Cognitive-psychodynamic-relational Theory. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767527375191,"sku":"9780415861113","price":44.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415861113.jpg?v=1758713635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transformative-relationships-9780415861113","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}