Herbert S. Strean
Jokes: Their Purpose and Meaning
This work examines jokes as a means of communicating emotionally our deepest anxieties and most basic conflicts and impulses. Strean illustrates how jokes allow us safe - if indirect - expression of... (more)
The Use of Humour in Psychotherapy
Until recently, the use of humour in therapy has been decried and demeaned. However, Freud himself was an active joke-teller, and used wit in many interactions with patients. The text considers the... (more)
When nothing else works: innovative interventions with intractable individuals
Patients who are hard to help share an unresponsive, oppositional, or rebellious response to traditional therapeutic techniques. This text uses clinical examples to show therapists how to deviate... (more)
Don't lose your patients!: Responding to clients who want to quit treatment
Responsibility for a premature termination-patient dropout may often be imputed to a patient. In contrast, this work examines the therapist's role in the divorce and offers appropriate interventions... (more)
The Essentials of Psychoanalysis