Table Of ContentREDECISION THERAPY
A Brief, Action-Oriented Approach
REDECISION THERAPY
A Brief, Action-Oriented Approach
Edited by
Carolyn E. Lennox, M.S.W., Ed.D.
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Transactional Analysis Journal, Volume 25, Number 4, 1996, pages 356-360, "The Treatment of
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Using Redecision Therapy," C International Transactional
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Redecision therapy: a brief, action-oriented approach I edited by
Carolyn E. Lennox.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7657-0043-8
I. Psychotherapy. 2. Transactional analysis. 1. Lennox,
Carolyn.
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Contributors
Barbara Ann AlIen, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Private practice and consultation, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
James R. Allen, M.D.
Professor, The University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Cente~
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma.
Michael Andronico, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School, UMDJN, Piscataway, New Jersey. Private practice, Som
erset, New Jersey.
Gail Ardman, M.S.S.W.
Permanente Medical Association of Texas, Dallas, Texas.
Caroline Avery-Dahl, M.S.
Private practice and training program, Dallas, Texas.
Julia Lacy Baird, Ph.D.
Private practice and training program, Dallas, Texas.
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VI CONTRIBUTORS
Linda Carmicle, Ph.D.
Adjunct faculty, Amber University, Garland, Texas. Private prac
tice and training program, PIano, Texas.
Barbara Dazzo, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Clinical faculty, Department of Psychiatry , Robert Wood Jo hnson
Medical School, UMDNJ, Piscataway, New Jersey. Private prac
tice, Somerset, New Jersey.
John Gladfelter, Ph.D.
Faculty, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California. Private
practice and training program, Dallas, Texas.
Mary McClure Goulding, M.S. W.
Retired, San Francisco, California. Former co-director, Western
Institute for Group and Family Therapy.
Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D.
Director of Adult Psychiatric Services, Kaiser Permanente Medi
cal Center, Hayward, California. Clinical faculty, University of
California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.
Dean S. Janoff, Ph.D.
Co-director, Anxiety and Panic Disorder Clinic of Santa Barbara,
California. Adjunct faculty, The Fielding Institute, Santa Bar
bara, California. Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University and Paci
fica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California.
Vann S. Jo ines, Ph.D.
President, Southeast Institute for Group and Family Therapy,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Eugene M. Kerfoot, Ph.D.
Faculty, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California. Private
practice and training program, Carmel Valley, California. Man
agement Consultant, Forum 2000.
Moon Kerson, Ph.D.
Adjunct faculty, Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, and Ryokan
Contributors vu
College, Venice, California. Private practice and training pro
gram, Brentwood, California.
Marti B. Kranzberg, Ph.D.
Private practice and training program, Dallas, Texas.
Carolyn E. Lennox, M.S.W., Ed.D.
Private practice and training program, Richardson, Texas.
Vern Masse, M.A.
Director, Stanislaus County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Outpatient
Treatment Program. Private practice and Vietnam veterans' sup
port group, Modesto, California.
Nancy Porter-Steele, Ph.D.
Private practice and training program, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
Denton L. Roberts, M.Div.
Private therapy and consultation practice, Los Angeles, Califor
ma.
James K. Speer, M.S.S.W.
Hill Country Crisis Council, Kerrville, Texas. Faculty, Austin
Community College. Private practice, Fredericksburg, Texas.
Curtis A. Steele, M.D.
Queen Elizabeth 11 Hospital. Faculty, Dalhousie University
School of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Private prac
tice and training, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Charles F. Vorkoper, M.S.S.W.
Consultant to Texas Council on Problem and Compulsive Gam
bling. Co-director, Gambler Counseling and Education Center,
Dallas, Texas. Private practice, Dallas, Texas.
To our clients
who are are not found on these pages.
Those described herein are composite and fictional characters.
Those in our offices have honored us in the sharing of their
sorrows, struggles, and triumphs, and in the process, have
taught us about the power inherent in a redecision.
