Reading Faces

Offers a new and different type of approach to understanding one's own personality and the personalities of others by using the ability to examine and read faces

BELLAK, Leopold

Parenting & Relationships

Henry Holt Co.

Since he published his first paper in 1940, Leopold Bellak has attempted to bridge the fields of experimental psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry. In this important new book, Dr. Bellak makes a strong case for integrating the valuable insights of psychoanalytic practice with the theoretical and methodological discipline found in rigorous psychological research. Dr. Bellak's career began with psychoanalytic training in pre-World War II Vienna and included personal friendships with many of the leading figures in the psychoanalytic field. At Harvard graduate school he worked with Henry Murray, Gordon Allport, E.G. Boring, and S.S. Stevens; later he pioneered the use of transcripts of psychoanalytic sessions in research. Drawing on this extensive experience, he provides personal insights into the cultural milieu, personal circumstances, and theoretical legacy behind major developments in the field. Like the author's previous works, Psychoanalysis as a Science makes complex ideas clear, concrete, and interesting. Beginning with an analysis of Freud's most important contributions, the book translates sometimes arcane psychoanalytic propositions into concepts that academic and clinical psychologists, as well as informed lay people, can relate to. Perhaps for the first time in a book of this type, Dr. Bellak succeeds in providing logical, coherent links between psychoanalytic interpretation and currently accepted psychological theory. "Psychoanalysts are simply not aware of many of the implicit assumptions they make," he points out in Chapter 2, adding that they are also not aware that many of these assumptions relate to long-established "laws" of academic psychology. In separate chapters he then goes on to present psychoanalysis as a theory of learning, as a theory of motivation, as a theory of perception, and as developmental theory. He summarizes the long-running conflict between philosophy and psychoanalysis. And finally, he details some of the more interesting opportunities technology offers for enhancing psychoanalytic research. Spanning over half a century of practice in psychoanalysis and involvement in psychological research, Dr. Bellak's distinguished career makes him uniquely qualified to write this book. With a foot in both "camps," he has succeeded in showing how today's research methodologies can be harnessed to advance the practice of psychoanalysis as a science.

Psychoanalysis As a Science

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Walkup, James

Psychology & Counseling

Allyn&Bacon

This book has been the leading work on administering and interpreting thematic tests for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly for over forty years. In this Sixth Edition, Bellak and Abrams bring a new level or clarity and scientific consistency to diagnostic assessment with the T.A.T. Much attention is given to a standard method of administration, a standard T.A.T. sequence of ten cards, and a standard method of scoring. The authors demonstrate how to elicit rich, elaborate stories for the T.A.T., C.A.T., and S.A.T. that facilitate a more in-depth diagnostic assessment. Additionally, the authors provide an abundance of clinical examples and scoring protocols that take the reader step-by-step through the process of using thematic tests to evaluate the main components of an individual's personality. Of special interest in this Sixth Edition is a new chapter that shows clinicians how to balance the importance of age, gender, and cultural norms when using thematic tests.

The T.A.T., The C.A.T., and The S.A.T. in Clinical Use (6th Edition)

Abrams, David M.

Ego Functions in Schizophrenics, Neurotics, and Normals

Mental Health

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

This follow-up volume reports some of the studies of Dr. Bellak's ego assessment technique and shows how his approach may be used clinically in a variety of settings and with a variety of patients. The only book to examine ego function assessment and treat the possible breadth of clinical applications.

The Broad Scope of Ego Function Assessment (Wiley Series in General and Clinical Psychiatry)

Medical Books

Goldsmith, Lisa

Medicine

Wiley-Interscience

The porcupine dilemma;: Reflections on the human condition

Citadel Press

The Thematic Apperception Test and the Children's Apperception Test in clinical use

Grune Stratton

Providing clinicians with thematic tests for children, adolescents, adults and the elderly, this work focuses on the thematic apperception test (TAT). Attention is given to a standard method of administration, a standard sequence of 10 cards, and a standard method of scoring. The authors demonstrate how to elicit elaborate stories for the TAT, CAT and SAT tests, to facilitate a more in-depth diagnostic assessment. Additionally, they provide clinical examples and scoring protocols which proceed through a step-by-step process of using thematic tests to evaluate the main components of an individual's personality. This edition has a chapter which shows clinicians how to balance the importance of age, gender and cultural norms when using thematic tests.

The Thematic Apperception Test, the Children's Apperception Test, and the Senior Apperception Technique in clinical use

Grune & Stratton, Inc.

Emergency Psychotherapy and Brief Psychotherapy

Providing clinicians with thematic tests for children, adolescents, adults and the elderly, this work focuses on the thematic apperception test (TAT). Attention is given to a standard method of administration, a standard sequence of 10 cards, and a standard method of scoring. The authors demonstrate how to elicit elaborate stories for the TAT, CAT and SAT tests, to facilitate a more in-depth diagnostic assessment. Additionally, they provide clinical examples and scoring protocols which proceed through a step-by-step process of using thematic tests to evaluate the main components of an individual's personality. This edition has a chapter which shows clinicians how to balance the importance of age, gender and cultural norms when using thematic tests.

The Thematic Apperception Test (T.A.T.), the Children's Apperception Test (C.A.T.), and the Senior Apperception Technique (S.A.T.) in clinical use, 4th Edition

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