Self Change pp 115-136 | Cite as

Lineal and Recursive Perspectives on Change: Describing the Development and Amelioriation of Agoraphobia

  • George J. Allen
  • Barry G. Sheckley
Chapter

Abstract

Change is a relativistic construct. Understanding the nature of human change is essentially an epistemological endeavor that involves making multiple distinctions from numerous vantage points. Change cannot be conceptualized independently from some arbitrarily defined unit(s) of analysis, and how these unit(s) are constructed determines how people perceive the causes, directions, magnitudes, and, ultimately, the meanings of change. Within different analytic frames, human movement may be interpretable as “beneficial” versus “detrimental,” “managed” versus “spontaneous,” “volitional” versus “accidental,” “straightforward” versus “convoluted,” “continuous” versus “discrete,” “real” versus “illusory” and in a multitude of other ways.

Keywords

Panic Attack Tuning Fork Causal Sequence Anticipatory Anxiety Explanatory Dialogue 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Allen, G. J. (1977). Understanding psychotherapy: Comparative perspectives. Champaign, Illinois: Research Press.Google Scholar
  2. Anderson, H. & Goolishian, H. A. (1988). Human systems as linguistic systems: Preliminary and evolving ideas about the implications for clinical theory. Family Process, 27, 371–394.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  3. Bandler, R. & Grinder, J. (1976). The structure of magic, vol 1. Palo Alto, California: Science and Behavior Books.Google Scholar
  4. Barlow, D. H. (1988). Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic. New York: The Guilford Press.Google Scholar
  5. Bibb, J. & Chambless, D. L. (1986). Alcohol use and abuse among diagnosed agoraphobics. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 24, 49–58.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  6. Chapman, C. B. & Mitchell, J. H. (1965). The physiology of exercise. Scientific American, 212 (5), 88–96.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  7. Cecchin, G. (1987). Hypothesizing, circularity, and neutrality revisited: An invitation to curiosity. Family Process; 26, 405–413.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  8. Chambless, D. L. & Goldstein, A. J. (1981). Clinical treatment of agoraphobia. In M. Mavissakalian & D. H. Barlow (Eds.), Phobia: Psychological and pharmacological treatment. New York: The Guilford Press, pp. 103–144.Google Scholar
  9. Cottone, R. R. (1989). The third epistemology: Extending Maturana’s structure determinism. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 17, 99–109.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  10. Dollard, J. & Miller, N. E. (1950). Personality and psychotherapy: An analysis in terms of learning, thinking, and culture. New York: McGraw-Hill.Google Scholar
  11. Efran, J. S., Lukens, R. J. & Lukens, M. D. (1988). Constructivism: What’s in it for you? Family Therapy Networker, 12, 27–35.Google Scholar
  12. Elliott, R. & James, E. (1989). Varieties of client experience in psychotherapy: An analysis of the literature. Clinical Psychology Review, 9, 443–468.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  13. Fenichel, O. (1945). The psychoanalytic theory of neurosis. New York: Norton.Google Scholar
  14. Fisher, J. D., Nadler, A. & Witcher-Alagna, S. (1982). Recipient reaction to aid. Psychological Bulletin, 91, 27–54.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  15. Fisher, L. M., & Wilson G. T (1985). A study of the psychology of agoraphobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 23, 97–107.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  16. Folkins, C. H., Lynch, S. & Gardner, M. M. (1972). Psychological fitness as a function of physical fitness. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 53, 503–508.PubMedGoogle Scholar
  17. Frank, J. D. (1961). Persuasion and healing. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.Google Scholar
  18. Frank, J. D. (1978). Psychotherapy and the human predicament. New York: Schocken Books.Google Scholar
  19. Gleick, J. (1987). Chaos: Making a new science. New York: Penguin.Google Scholar
  20. Goldstein, A. P. (1962). Therapist patient expectancies in psychotherapy. New York: Pergamon Press.Google Scholar
  21. Hafner, R. J. (1977). The husbands of agoraphobic women and their influence on treatment. British Journal of Psychiatry, 131, 289–294.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  22. Hafner, R. J. (1982). The marital context of the agoraphobic syndrome. In D. Chambless & A. J. Goldstein (Eds.), Agoraphobia: Multiple perspectives on theory and treatment. New York: Wiley Interscience.Google Scholar
  23. Hoffman, L. (1981). Foundations of family therapy. New York: Basic Books.Google Scholar
  24. Johnson, S. (1987). Humanizing the narcissistic style. New York: Norton.Google Scholar
  25. Kaufman, G. (1989). The psychology of shame. New York: Springer.Google Scholar
  26. Keeney, B. P. (1983). Aesthetics of change. New York: The Guilford Press.Google Scholar
  27. Kleiner, L. & Marshall, W. L. (1987). The role of interpersonal problems in the development of agoraphobia with panic attacks. Journal of anxiety Disorders, 1, 313–323.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  28. Kleiner, L., Marshall, W. L. & Spevack, M. (1987). Training in problem solving and exposure treatment for agoraphobics with panic attacks. Journal of anxiety Disorders, 1, 219–238.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  29. Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.Google Scholar
  30. Liddell, A. & Acton, B. (1988). Agoraphobics’ understanding of the development and maintenance of their symptoms. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 19, 261–266.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  31. Luckhurst, P. (1985). Resistance and the “new” epistemology. The Journal of Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 4, 1–13.Google Scholar
  32. Mathews, A. M., Gelder, M. G. & Johnston, D. W. (1981). Agoraphobia: Nature and treatment. New York: Guilford Press.Google Scholar
  33. Ottaviani, R. & Beck, A. T. (1987). Cognitive aspects of panic disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 1, 15–28.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  34. Pitts, E N. & McClure, J. N. (1967). Lactate metabolism in anxiety neurosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 277, 1329–1336.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  35. Prochaska, J. O., DiClemente, C. C. & Norcross, J. C. In search of the structure of change (this volume).Google Scholar
  36. Riegel, K. E (1976). From traits and equilibriums to developmental dialectics. In W. J. Arnold (Ed.) Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 23, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, pp. 349–408.Google Scholar
  37. Sadler, J. Z. & Hulgus, Y. F. (1989). Hypothesizing and evidence-gathering: The nexus of understanding. Family Process, 28, 255–268.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  38. Selvini-Palazzoli, M., Boscolo, L., Cecchin, G. & Prata, G. (1980). Hypothesizing, circularity, neutrality: Three guidelines for the conductor of the session. Family Process, 19, 3–12.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  39. Silka, L. (1989). Intuitive judgments of change. New York: Springer.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  40. Stiles, W. B. & Shapiro, D. A. (1989). Abuse of the drug metaphor in psychotherapy process-outcome research. Clinical Psychology Review, 9, 521–543.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  41. Strupp, H. H. & Binder, J. (1984). Psychotherapy in a new key: A guide totime-limited dynamic psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books.Google Scholar
  42. Strupp, H. H., Fox, R. E. & Lessler, K. (1969). Patients view their psychotherapy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.Google Scholar
  43. Torrey, E. E (1972). The mind game: Witchdoctors and psychiatrists. New York: Emerson Hall.Google Scholar
  44. Ullmann, L. P. & Krasner, L. (1975). A psychological approach to abnormal behavior. Second Edition. New York: Prentice-Hall.Google Scholar
  45. Varela, F.J. (1979). Principles of biological Autonomy. New York: Houghton-Mifflin.Google Scholar
  46. Varela, F. J. (1989). Reflections on the circulation of concepts between a biology of cognition and systematic family therapy. Family Process, 28, 15–24.PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar
  47. Watzlawick, P., Beavin, J. H. & Jackson, D.D. (1967). Pragmatics of human communication. New York: Norton.Google Scholar
  48. Wilson, R.R. (1986). Don’t panic: Taking control of panic attacks. New York: Harper and Row.Google Scholar
  49. Zitrin, C.M. (1981). Combined Pharmacological and psychological treatment of phobias. In M. Mavissakalian & D.H. Barlow (eds.), Phobia: Psychological and pharmacological treatment. New York: The Guilford Press, pp. 145–174.Google Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • George J. Allen
  • Barry G. Sheckley

There are no affiliations available

Personalised recommendations