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 Now in it’s Second Edition…

The Psychotherapy Bestseller that Revolutionized How Psychotherapy is Taught.

111 Common Therapeutic Blunders

by Gerald Schoenewolf

 

 

"This new edition of 111 Common Therapeutic Blunders (formerly 101 Common Therapeutic Blunders) surpasses the older one, and it is a must read for clinicians at all levels of experience. Many readers will be relieved to learn that counterresistance and countertransference mishaps are part of the therapeutic process. A plethora of new cases brings the book up-to-date and a new section describes blunders in the supervisory process. Schoenewolf  boldly demonstrates through stirring and often funny vignettes the management of difficult treatment situations. He identifies therapeutic errors while remaining empathic toward the blundering, hapless therapist. The writing is clear, lively and enjoyable. This volume has my highest recommendation. In the tradition of great chess books, this volume instructs on how to play by illustrating how not to play."—Jeffrey Seinfeld, Ph.D., Author of The Empty Core

"Dr. Schoenewolf has written a cutting edge revision of "101 Common Therapeutic Blunders". This new edition brings the volume up-to-date and adds many new cases, a new section on supervisory blunders and the effects of insurance company encroachment on the treatment process. There is also a poetic ode to the psychoanalytic profession called-- "A Psychoanalyst's Manifesto". This book is a must read for therapists of all persuasion. It is a guide to understanding how countertransferences and counterresistances lead to most of the mistakes they make, and it also shows how to resolve them."—Robert Pepper, Ph.D., Psychotherapist and author

 

Contents

1.  Therapeutic Blunders and the Unconscious.  The Universality of Transference and Resistance.  About Countertransference.  About Counterresistance.  About the 111 Blunders.

2.  Erotic Countertransference.  The Therapist and the Chorus Girl.  The Therapist and the Virgin.  The Therapist Who Gave Hugs.  The Good (Slightly Incestuous) Daddy.  The Therapist Who Fell in Love.  The Therapist Who Feared His Sexual Feelings.  To Lie or Not to Lie (on the Couch).  The Therapist Who Feared Love.  The Seductive Therapist.  The Patient Who Felt Like Dying During Orgasm.  The Therapist Who Asked for Sexual Fantasies.

3.  Obsessive-Compulsive Countertransference.  The Therapeutic Odd Couple.  The Therapist Who Wanted to Reform a Call Girl.  The Therapist Who Felt Snubbed by a Psychotic.  The Rituals of a Compulsive Therapist.  The Critical Mother.  The Condescending Therapist and the Multiple Personality.  The Lecturing Therapist.  The Obsessive-Compulsive Therapist and the Schizophrenic Therapist.  The Therapist Who Castrated Himself.  The Therapist Who Would Not Talk on the Phone.

4. Sadomasochistic Countertransference.  The Sadistic Therapist and the Suicidal Patient.  The Therapist Who Had to be “The Boss.”  The Therapist Who Couldn’t Say No.  The Therapist Who Believed in Force.  The Permissive Therapist.  The Dominatrix and the Nerd.  The Sadistic Group Therapist.  The Therapist Who Was a Martyr.  The Therapist, the Patient, and the Insurance Man.  The Defensive Therapist and the “Guilt-Tripping” Patient.  The Therapist Who Sexually Abused His Patient.

5.  Histrionic Countertransference.  The Therapist Who Became Hysterical.  The Therapist Who Did Not Want Her Patient to Be a Housewife.  The Pregnant Therapist.  The Incomplete Interpretation.  The Judgmental Therapist.  The Therapist Who Meddled.  The Therapist Who Had Not Resolved Her Penis Envy.  When Parting Was “Sweet Sorrow.”  The Histrionic Male Therapist.  The Therapist Who Hated Insurance Companies.  The Lesbian Therapist and the Courageous Victim.

6.  Passive-Aggressive Countertransference.  The Passive-Aggressive Therapist and the Passive-Aggressive Patient.  The Holistic Health Therapist.  The Stoic Therapist.  The Therapist Who Encouraged Depression.  The Therapist Who Did Not Want to Be Superior.  The Negative Therapeutic Reaction.  The Patient Who Took a Vacation.  The Self Psychologist.  The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.  The Jealous Therapist.  The Negative Oedipus Complex.

7.  Narcissistic Countertransference.  The Grandiose Therapist and the Grandiose Patient.  The Therapist and the Skeptical Patient.  The Infantilizing Therapist.  The Protective Therapist.  Pushy Mothers and Pushy Fathers.  The Vain Therapist and the Slob.  The Primal Therapist.  The Therapist Who Needed a Self-Object.  The Therapist Who Needed to Be the World’s Greatest Authority.  The Therapist Who Financially Exploited His Patient.  The Grandiose Therapist and the Seductive, Submissive Patient.

8.  Characterological Counterresistance.  The Modern Analyst.  The Female Therapist and the Male Chauvinist Pig.  The Therapist Who Snored.  The Therapist and the TV Star.  The Therapist and the Ugly, Disgusting Patient.  The Intellectual Therapist.  The Therapist Who Denied His Own Obesity.  The False Therapist and the False Patient.  The Therapist Who Couldn’t Stop Idealizing Her Brother.  The Complainers.  The Therapist Who Resented Being a Truant Officer.  The Therapist Who Forgot an Appointment.  The Therapist Who Would Not Heal Himself.

9.  Cultural Counterresistance.  The White Trash Therapist and the Debutante.  The White Liberal Therapist and the Black Patient.  The Conservative Therapist and the Communist Patient.  The Feminist Therapist.  The Therapist Who Needed to Prove Her Thesis.  The German Therapist and the Holocaust Victim.  The Jewish Therapist and the WASP Patient.  The Italian-American Therapist and the Puerto Rican Patient.  The WASP Therapist and the Jewish Princess.  The Masculinist Therapist and the Ambitious Woman.  The Therapist Who Believed in Abortion.  The Orthodox Analyst and the Patient Who Wanted to Scream.

10.  Supervisory Counterresistance.  The Therapist Who Didn’t Want to Be a Therapist.  The Supervisor Who Gave Good Advice (and Bad Supervision).  The Subservient Supervisor and the Superior Supervisee.  The Parallel Process.  The Supervisor and the Therapist Who Understood Men.  The Grandiose Supervisor.  The Supervisor and the Supervisor’s Wife.  The Freudian Supervisor and the Freudian Supervisee.  The Supervisor Who Helped a Therapist Do Deep Supervision.  The Supervisor Who Rolled Back His Eyes.

Afterword:  Symptoms of Countertransference.  The Patient Who Would Make Me Famous (Obsession with a Patient).  I Dreamed of Johnnie (Dreaming about a Patient).  The Absent-Minded Therapist (Missing Appointments).  Lazy Afternoon of a Therapist (Sleepiness).  The Tease and I (Sexual Arousal).  The Patient Who Became My Friend (Gratifying a Patient) .  The Boring Patient (Distractedness).  The Rejecting Patient (Interrupting a Patient).  The Patient Who Made an Announcement (Fear of Losing a Patient).

Epilogue:  A Therapist’s Manifesto.

Index.

 

$30.00, Paper, January 2005, 360 pp, ISBN 0-7657-0374-2

 

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OTHER BOOKS BY GERALD SCHOENEWOLF:

Psychotherapy with People in the Arts: Nurturing Creativity
(Haworth Press, March 2002)

This is a major contribution to the study of creativity, the psychodynamics of the creative process, and the common blocks to creativity experienced by people in the arts. The book begins by asking the question: do artists have to suffer, and is their suffering essential to their creativity? Actually, their suffering is often due to their emotional disturbances, and these disturbances often impair, rather than help, their creative process. This thesis is explored through a study of the life and work of the American writer, J. D. Salinger. Subsequently, the book presents a collection of case histories of artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers, showing how therapy helps each to overcome blocks to his or her creativity.

The Dictionary of Dream Interpretation
(Jason Aronson, Inc., 1998)

Here is the ultimate psychoanalytic reference source on dreams. It begins with an introduction to dream research, continues with an A to Z listing of 1000 dreams, a Glossary of Dream Symbols, and various indexes. Each dream is given verbatim as the dreamer recorded it, followed by the dreamer’s background, associations, and the interpretation of the dream. There are indexes to dreams by notable figures (from Shakespeare to Paul McCartney), dreams by character types (i.e., dreams by depressed personalities, schizophrenics, obsessive-compulsives), dreams from the psychotherapeutic literature (i.e., from the writings of Freud, Jung), and dreams in the form of fairy tales and myths. This is a helpful resource for both the professional and lay person.

The Way According to Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and Seng Tsan
(Asian Humanities Press, 2000)

Lao Tzu has been translated perhaps more than any other book. This translation of Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and Seng Tsan is an attempt to recapture the simplicity and profundity of the original. The ancient Chinese text is written in an almost childlike style, incorporating many poetic techniques, including meter, rhyme, and alliteration. This version, translated and illustrated by the author, is also quite poetic. It contains an introduction that relates Taoism with psychoanalysis and contends that “the way” of Taoism is indeed a universal path to wisdom that has been followed by many philosophers and psychotherapists.

The Art of Hating
(Jason Aronson, Inc., 1993)

“Many people talk about hate, but few know how to hate well.” Thus begins this study of the psychodynamics of hate. It begins with a review of various theories of hate, and then explores the thesis that hate is sometimes a byproduct of thwarted love. To the extent that humans are unable to bond with others effectively, they experience hateful thoughts and impulses. However, hate need not be only destructive. It is destructive when it is acted out in an aggressive manner, and particularly when the aggressor remains unconscious of his hatred and its manifestations. Constructive hate—the art of hating—entails taking responsibility for one’s hate and expressing it in such a way as to resolve a situation rather than to worsen it.

The Couple Who Fell in Hate and Other Tales of Eclectic Therapy
(Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996)

This is a collection of literary case histories that demonstrate the use of eclectic psychoanalytic therapy, incorporating a range of modalities from Gestalt to Behavioral approaches, with a variety of patients. It begins with an introduction to Eclectic Psychoanalytic Therapy and then proceeds with an array of case histories written in a literary style, incorporating devices such as stream of consciousness to heighten the impact of the cases. The book includes cases of depression, obsessive-compulsion, multiple personality, psychosexual disorder, and a dysfunctional couple.

Turning Points in Analytic Therapy: The Classic Cases, and Turning Points in Analytic Therapy: From Winnicott to Kernberg
(Jason Aronson, Inc. 1994, 1995)

This two-volume work explores the case histories and studies that changed psychoanalysis and advanced our understanding of human psychology. Along the way it explains the concepts that are now used by both professionals and lay people.

Jennifer and Her Selves
(Donald I. Fine, 1991)


A literary case history about a young dancer with seven personalities. It traces the causes of her dissociations and gives a dramatic portrait of the relationship between herself and the therapist who attempts to treat her. (Out of print.)


Sexual Animosity Between Men and Women

(Jason Aronson, Inc., 1987)

 

This is a study of the causes and psychodynamics of aggression between the sexes, using psychoanalytic theory as a starting point. It includes ground-breaking chapters on male and female narcissism.


101 Common Therapeutic Blunders and 101 Therapeutic Successes
(Jason Aronson, Inc., 1986, 1989)

 

A two-volume work (the first volume of which was co-authored by Richard Robertiello, MD), looks at how countertransference and counterresistance can cause blunders or be used to forge an effective therapeutic approach. The two volumes were psychotherapy bestsellers.


Counterresistance

(Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995)


This book broke new ground by looking at how therapist’s unconsciously (and sometimes consciously) interfere with the therapeutic process, and how they can become aware of their counterresistance and prevent it.


The Couple’s Guide to Erotic Games

(Carol Publishing, 1997)

 

This humorous book offers numerous erotic games for couples designed to help them get in touch with unconscious conflicts that are impairing their relationships. It is designed to restore genuine intimacy into their lives.


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