Theoretical Evolutions in Person-Centered/Experiential Therapy: Applications to Schizophrenic and Retarded Psychoses [Hardcover]

Garry Prouty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1994 | ISBN-10: 027594543X | ISBN-13: 978-0275945435

Clinical practice with severely retarded and psychotic clients requires a change in theory and technique. Based on original research and practice, Prouty describes the changes needed to reach "low-functioning" clients not generally accessible to psychotherapy. Evolving from Carl Rogers' assertion that "Psychological Contact" is the first condition of a therapeutic relationship, Pre-Therapy is a technique that can be applied to regressed psychotics and dual-diagnosed mentally-retarded patients, as well as to other poorly integrated populations. Drawing from his own practice with extreme clients, he shows how Pre-Therapy can be used to facilitate these "pre-conditions" of therapy. He further shows that treatment of hallucinations reveals them to be expressions of deep trauma and profound rendings of the self-structure.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“...For the clinician that works with a schizophrenic or retarded population and wants to learn methods to deal with hallucinatory symbology, this book is an excellent reference with good illustration taken from clinical work. It would also be helpful to any therapist wanting to learn how to make therapeutic contact with schizophrenic or retarded clients using pre-therapy techniques. I have used some of the techniques and find them helpful.”–Psychotherapy In Private Practice

“Garry Prouty's method is contactful and empathically persistent. Prouty's sincere desire to meet the other person in his true self is motivated by . . . compassion for the humanness which is under threat of loss behind closed doors or in rigid images. Prouty confronts their isolation, and the gain can be that the patient begins to understand that before the right to privacy comes the right to togetherness.”–W.M. Lucieer, M.D. Breda, The Netherlands

About the Author

GARRY PROUTY is Professor of Psychology and Mental Health at Prairie State College.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Publishers (June 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 027594543X
• ISBN-13: 978-0275945435
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,557,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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