A MODEL FOR THE DELINEATION OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

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Abstract
A composite model for what prototypically takes place in psychotherapeutic treatment is presented, a synthesis of divergent views. Psychological diagnosis, an iterative, continuous procedure, is described in terms of empathy, personality description, and psychodiagnosis. The treatment process is described as consisting of four modes: expression, feedback and information, instruction, and practice. The goals of therapy are described as providing for the patient optimal amounts of general excitement, general relaxation/satiation, participation in meaningful social rhythms, and freedom from aversiveness, all of which are considered as comprising personal happiness. It is postulated that, by means of psychotherapeutic treatment, the patient is helped to overcome deficient behaviors and objectives so as to arrive, as indicated, at a life more exciting, more relaxing, more meaningful, and freer from aversive psychiatric symptoms, omnious psychiatric signs, and avoidable noxious life circumstances.

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