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Assessment for Psychotherapy: Clinical Indicators of Self Cohesion and Self Pathology
Author(s) -
Brooke Roger
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1994.tb00664.x
Subject(s) - psychology , group cohesiveness , cohesion (chemistry) , psychotherapist , value (mathematics) , self , clinical psychology , social psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry , machine learning , computer science
For a skilful psychotherapist clinical hunches may be finely differentiated and reliable, yet the evidence on which they are based tends to remain pre‐articulate. The aim of this paper is to discuss this evidence and to organise it in terms of structural considerations regarding the cohesiveness of the self. The prognostic significance of these considerations is discussed. The complexity of the issues and the value of thinking structurally are illustrated through a clinical study.