This talk first briefly reviews the history of the Developmental, Self and Object Relations theoretical approach to the personality disorders as a preface to exploring the latest additions to the theory, i.e., Attachment Theory and Neurobiological Development of the Self in the Right Brain. Attachment Theory: The work of Ainsworth and others is described leading to the attachment categories in the infant and the adult. Many follow-up studies are presented validating the persistence of the categories over time. Neurobiologic Development of the Self in the Right Brain: The work of Alan Schore, Ph.D. is used to describe the development of the self in the right prefrontal cortex of the brain. Integration: The integration of the two theories with the object relations approach are described and illustrated through therapeutic alliance
Dialogue 06 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 - Symptom-Based Practice
Featuring Erving Polster, PhD, and Francine Shapiro, PhD
Moderated by Jeffrey Kottler, PhD
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Educational Objectives:
To name two strategies to maintain idiomatic personhood, consistent with good technique.
To list three effective therapeutic techniques.
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Topical Panel 04 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 - Psychotherapy: Art or Science?
Featuring David parlow, PhD; Scott Miller, PhD; Erving Polster, PhD; and Daniel Siegel, MD
Moderated by Daniel Eckstein, PhD
Topical Panel 07 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005 - The Patient/Therapist Relationship
Featuring Mary Goulding, MSW; Harriet Lerner, PhD; Erving Polster, PhD; and Daniel Siegel, MD
Moderated by Brent Geary, PhD
Historically, psychotherapists have worked with individuals, small groups, large groups and organizations. We have moved from treating pathology to facilitating personal growth to expanding public consciousness. A next step is the life-long guidance of congregations of people. With religion as a precedent, and large group formation as an instrument, Dr. Polster will show how we may address the everyday, non-pathological needs of the community at large, spelling out some of these procedures and their theoretical underpinnings.
Within the enormous complexity of human experience, the reflex to connectedness rescues the person from fragmentation. Connectedness may be therapeutically restored along four pathways: moment-to-moment, person- to-person, event-to-event and one part of the person to the other parts. Dr. Polster will discuss and demonstrate how to do this.