PEP | Article - Effective Psychotherapy: The Contribution of Hellmuth Kaiser. Edited by Louis B. Fierman, M.D. Foreword by Allen J. Enelow, M.D. and Leta McKinney Adler, Ph.D. New York: The Free Press. London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1965. xxviii+217 pp.

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Abstract

In search of the “universal symptom” Kaiser found “duplicity” caused by the “universal conflict” over separateness and individuality and to be cured by “effective psychotherapy” consisted of “being with the patient,” “not withdrawing psychologically” but keeping up “straightforward communication.” “Duplicity” is synonymous with “double bind.” Its discovery is attributed to a figure-ground shift between what the patient says and how he nonverbally communicates about his verbal message. The shift is assumed to be due to gestalt configurations and not to the

PEP | Article - Effective Psychotherapy: The Contribution of Hellmuth Kaiser. Edited by Louis B. Fierman, M.D. Foreword by Allen J. Enelow, M.D. and Leta McKinney Adler, Ph.D. New York: The Free Press. London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1965. xxviii+217 pp. - Brandt, Lewis W.