In addition, the volume is complete with therapeutic intervention strategies to help patients abandon pathological self-critical practices. The author desribes a therapeutic relationship that greatly enchances the efficacy of the interventions mentioned throughout the book.
1 The Problem of Pathological Self-Criticism: An Overview.- 2 Private Self-Degradation Ceremonies.- 3 Other Self-Critical Patterns.- 4 Assessing Self-Critical Patterns and the Factors Maintaining Them.- 5 Helping Clients to Abandon Pathological Self-Critical Practices.- 6 The Job of the Critic.- 7 Promoting Constructive Modes of Self-Criticism.- 8 Addressing Resistances and Other Obstacles.- 9 The Therapeutic Relationship in the Treatment of Pathological Self-Criticism.- 10 Encouraging Commitment.- References.
