The Freedom of the Self

1. The Bio-Existential Spirit.- Notes.- 2. The Definition and History of Psychotherapy.- Definition of Psychotherapy.- The Modern History.- Mesmer and the Mesmerists.- The French School.- The Unconscious: High and Low.- Freud's Theory.- Adler, Jung, and Rank.- The Artist-Therapist.- The Postmaterialist Perspective.- Notes.- 3. The Five Modern Schools of Mental Treatment.- The Psychodynamic School.- The Existential School.- The Biomedical School.- The Learning Theory School.- The Social System School.- Summary.- Integration.- Notes.- 4. The Case of Beth and Howard.- Milieu Therapy.- Beth.- Course in Treatment.- Howard.- Course in Treatment.- Beth and Howard.- Forging the Bond.- Growth.- Notes.- 5. The History and the Hologram.- The Theory of Reenactment.- Holograms and Holography.- The Chief Complaint.- The History of the Present Illness.- The Past History.- Crossing the Line.- Family History.- Summary.- Notes.- 6. Making the Diagnosis and Staging the Treatment.- Staging.- The Case of Henry and Roz.- Depressive Masks.- Somatization.- Projection.- Dissociation.- Other Masks.- Unmasking Depression.- Holographic Interventions.- Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- 7. A Grief-Based Theory of Disorder.- Implications of Grief Theory.- The Meaning of Grief and Its Pervasiveness.- The Stages of Symptom Formation.- Explanatory Power of the Grief-Substrate Theory.- Notes.- 8. The Dynamics of Drug Therapy.- The Elements of the Medication Response.- Specific Forms of Resistance to Medication.- Medication and Mistrust.- Medication and Autonomy.- Medication and Integrity.- Medication and Forced Maturation.- Principles of Prescribing.- Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- 9. Changing the Rules.- General Rationale of the Rules.- Rationale for Breaking the Rules.- No Expectations of PositiveChanges.- No First Names.- No Gifts.- No Communications with Family or Friends.- Moral Neutrality.- Anonymity.- Time and Place.- Fee-for-Service Payment.- Concluding Principles.- Summary.- Notes.- 10.