Transformative Relationships: The Control Mastery Theory of Psychotherapy

by George Silberschatz

Book Overview

The control-mastery theory, developed by Dr. Joseph Weiss over the second half of the twentieth century, is an attempt to integrate an understanding of how the mind works, how psychopathologies develop, and how psychotherapy can effectively help. Control-Mastery theory assumes that the patient's problems are rooted in the grim, constricting pathogenic beliefs that the patient acquires in the traumatic experiences of childhood. The driving force...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415950279
• ISBN13: 9780415950275
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"