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

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.

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1960]
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Year of Publication:1960
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (212 p.)
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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