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Concept of Ego Strength in Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Brian Lake
Brian Lake*
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St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF
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Abstract

The concept is discussed of how ego strength and equivalent dimensions of the term have been developed by well known contributors to psychotherapeutic literature and theory. A case is made for the translation of these dimensions, which include motivation and psychological mindedness, into operational terms and into items which are descriptive of the notion of personal and social competence. This has been done to provide guidelines for the assessment of patients for an optimal psychotherapy. A rationale for the inclusion for each item is constructed from the observations of experienced psychotherapists and research workers.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 5 , November 1985 , pp. 471 - 478
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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