Co-therapy with Individuals, Families and Groups

Co-therapy with Individuals, Families and Groups

Edited by Seymour Hoffman, Sara Gafni and Brurit Laub

Jason Aronson Inc. Northvale, New Jersey, 1994,159 pp. incl. index, No price stated Many of us are familiar with the use of co-therapy with couples, families and groups. Whitaker, among others, has used co-therapy with individuals to overcome transference problems, in difficult patients or for teaching purposes. The use of co-therapy as described here is quite different from the traditional method. Each therapy is pre-planned in detail, and the co-therapists are assigned "roles." One therapist is supportive and encouraging, while the other plays devil's advocate. Hence at least one of them is dishonest by design.

There are other methods of therapy which are pre-planned, cognitive behavior therapy being one...