Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Seymour Hoffman.
Two of the many issues that present halachic-treatment problems for the orthodox mental-health practitioner are the issues of honoring parents and treatment practices, and confidentiality and religious obligations. The clinical-religious aspects of the above are analyzed and discussed, via correspondence, by a psychotherapist and a respected halachic scholar.
In the dialectical cotherapy approach, cotherapists take opposing views and roles from the beginning phase of treatment until positive change has been realized. When coordinated and effectively carried out, their work mobilizes forces and neutralizes resistances and externalizes internal conflicts and ambivalencies, making them more readily available for therapeutic work and resolution. Theoretical formulations and anecdotal examples are offered to explain and demonstrate its effectiveness in psychotherapy.