According to Control-Mastery Theory (CMT)—a cognitive-dynamic relational theory of mental functioning, psychopathology, and psychotherapy—patients come to therapy with an unconscious plan to disprove their pathogenic beliefs and achieve adaptive goals. One of the primary ways patients work to disconfirm their pathogenic beliefs is by testing them within the therapeutic relationship….
Un paper che aiuta a capire come la formulazione del piano può aiutare a comprendere e usare le proprie emozioni in terapia. Per leggere l’abstract, cliccare QUI
Il primo paper che esplora in modo sistematico il concetto di credenza patogena, e di credenze patogene non verbali, così come viene inteso dalla Control-Mastery Theory. Per leggerle, cliccare QUI
The aim of this paper is to empirically assess the reliability of the plan formulation method for couples, a procedure for formulating the case, planning, and monitoring the couple therapies according to control-mastery theory. We hypothesized that when couples are looking for couple therapy, they have an unconscious couple’s plan…
Dal Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy: Psychotherapists’ emotional responses can refect important aspects of the therapeutic process (Gabbard, 2020; Hirsch, 2021). The nature or intensity of therapists’ feelings may change when the patient is engaged in testing behaviors, which may take various forms (Gazzillo, et al., 2019). Understanding these emotional states in…
La presentazione del piano del paziente e di come si sviluppa, rivolto in particolare ai clinici. Il caso in questione è una paziente della nostra socia Romana Cuomo, che ringraziamo. Il paper comparirà a febbraio nel numero di InSession del Journal of Clinical Psychology, curato da Francesco Gazzillo con Ulrich…
The concept of survivor guilt was first used to describe the feelings of guilt that people may experience when they survive loved ones, having escaped disasters or other traumatic events in which these people lost their lives (e.g., Hendin & Haas, 1991; Niederland, 1981; Wang, Wu, & Tian, 2018). More…
The aim of this paper is to show how the Plan Formulation Method, an empirically validated and clinically useful assessment procedure, can be adapted to the therapy of adolescents. According to Control-Mastery Theory, patients come to therapy with an unconscious plan to achieve their goals, disconfirm their pathogenic beliefs, and master their…
Dal Volume 30, 2021 di International Forum of Psychoanalysis This paper aims to emphasize the fundamental role of unconscious processes in our adaptation. We will point out how we are able to unconsciously perform higher mental functions such as setting goals and planning how to pursue them, dealing with complex data,…
Da Psychology Hub – Vol 38, No 1 (2021) Guilt is a complex emotion associated with tension, regret, and remorse (Tangney, 2012), and it is related to the capacity to understand and empathize with the distress of others, to feel responsible for it, and to the attempt to alleviate it…
