The Anatomy of Psychotherapy : : Systems of Communication and Expectation / / Arnold Bernstein, Henry L. Lennard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Lennard, Henry L.,; Bernstein, Arnold,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hendin, Helen C.; Palmore, Erdman B.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1960]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 1960
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)

Provides a picture of the structure of therapeutic communication. Approaches therapy in four ways: as an action system, as an informational exchange, in determining role expectations, and in exploring interrelations between communication and expectations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Introduction -- Part One: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY -- I. Conceptual Framework of the Study -- II. Methodology -- Part Two: THERAPY AS A SYSTEM OF ACTION -- III. Differentiation -- IV. Interdependence of Therapist and Patient Verbal Behavior -- V. Equilibrium Processes -- Part Three: THERAPY AS AN INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGE SYSTEM -- VI. Informational Structure in Psychotherapy -- Part Four: THERAPY AS A SYSTEM OF ROLE EXPECTATIONS -- VII. The Dimensions of Therapist and Patient Role Expectations -- Part Five: INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN COMMUNICATION AND EXPECTATIONS -- VIII. Expectations and Behavior in Therapy -- IX. Expectations and Initial Communication -- X. Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory Communication -- Part Six: CONCLUSION -- XI. Some Last Thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index