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Early Recollections

Theory and Practice in Counseling and Psychotherapy

• By Arthur Clark

• Price: $26.95 $24.26
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 232
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 19th July 2002
• ISBN: 978-1-58391-371-0

About the Book

This book reviews the extensive literature on early recollections and organizes various interpretive systems of evaluating early memories. The practitioner will find specific and detailed guidelines for administering and interpreting early recollections to help integrate these memories into counseling and psychotherapy. Following a carefully articulated contextual approach to early recollections, which synthesizes three perspectives - subjective, interpersonal and objective - come suggestions for using early recollections in the counseling process and a full-length case study to explicate the model and demonstrate the utility of using this approach.

Table of Contents

Part I: Early Recollections: Introduction, Theoretical Perspectives, and Research
1.Introduction of Early Recollections
Introduction
Advantages of Early Recollections in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Disadvantages of Early Recollections in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Early Recollections in a Contextural and Developmental Model
Early Recollections in a Case Illustration

2. Theoretical Perspectives of Early Memories
Introduction
Alfred Adler's Perspectives in Early Memories
Sigmund Freud's Perspectives on Early Memories
Recovered Memories, False Memories, and Early Recollections
3. Taxonomic Considerations and Personality Dimensions of Early Memories
Introduction
Taxonomic Investigations
Personality Dimensions
Summary
4. Diagnostic Impressions of Early Recollections
Introduction
Clinical Disorders
Personality Disorders
Summary

Part II: Early Recollections: Scoring Systems, Administration, and Interpretation
5. Scoring Systems of Early Recollections
Introduction
Scoring Systems
Contextural Assessment
Summary
6. Administration of Early Recollections
Introduction
General Administration Procedures
Situational Administration Procedures
Summary
7. Interpretation of Early Recollections
Subjective, Interpersonal, and Objective Perspectives
Organizing and Synthesizing Early Recollections Perspectives
Summary
8. Training and Practice of Early Recollections
Introduction
Training in Early Recollections
Practice Exercises in Early Recollections
Summary
Part III: Early Recollections: Applications in Counseling and Psychotherapy
9. Early Recollections in the Counseling Process
Introduction
Theoretical Considerations
The Counseling Process
Application Issues and Variations in the Use of Early Recollections
Summary
10. Early Recollections in the Counseling Process: A Case Study
The Counseling Process
References
About the Author
Index

About the Author(s)

Arthur J. Clarke, Ed.D., is a Professor and Coordinator of the Counseling and Development Program at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Counseling and Development and the author of Defense Mechanisms in the Counseling Process.