title: The centrality of emotion in unifying and accelerating psychotherapy.
abstract: An array of treatment modalities, formats, and methods show promise in increasing the affective experience of the patient and thus potentially accelerating the course of psychotherapy through a coherent framework. A unified framework allows clinicians to select from various formats and methods and to use relational factors to maximize treatment potency. The treatment of a patient who had personality disturbance, chronic depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and road rage illustrates several unifying principles and demonstrates that emotional experiences and their processing often lead to beneficial outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Glastonbury Psychological Associates and University of Hartford, Glastonbury, CT 06033, USA. MagnaPsych@aol.com
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Magnavita
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors