Marshall Bush
Biographic Data
| ID | 3657121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marshall Bush |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marshall |
| FAMILY NAME | Bush |
| SIGNATURE | BUSH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Society for Psychotherapy Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3634-7909 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Survivor guilt: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical features
The aim of this paper is to give the reader an overview of several theoretical, empirical, and clinical features of survivor guilt, and to integrate recent contributions of psychodynamic theory and, in particular, of control-mastery theory into the understanding of the concept alongside the latest findings in social psychology about it. After introducing the concept of survivor guilt and its origins in clinical observations on the consequences of…
The adaptive function of fantasy: A proposal from the perspective of control-mastery theory
The aim of this paper is to show the evolution of the psychoanalytic conception of fantasy/phantasy from a psychic activity aimed at denying reality and/or fulfilling frustrated wishes to a tool useful for adapting to reality. We will then review some recent findings of empirical research on imagination and mental simulation showing how these activities, and mind wandering in general, is expression of the constant effort of the psyche to set and …
Pathological worry and rumination according to control-mastery theory
The aim of this article is to propose an interpretation of pathological worry and rumination based on the control-mastery theory (CMT), an integrative, relational cognitive-dynamic theory of mental functioning, psychopathology, and psychotherapy process developed by Joseph Weiss and empirically verified by Weiss, Harold Sampson, and the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group over the last 50 years. In the first part of this article, we will i…
New developments in understanding morality: Between evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology, and control-mastery theory
The aim of this article is to present an overview of several recently proposed hypotheses about the development of morality and guilt during the evolution of our species and the individual psychic development. The article will show how group selection seems to have favored the development of prosocial motivations, emotions, and skills, which are the basis of “moral” judgments and behaviors, and how the specific experiences of each individual and …
Dreaming and adaptation: The perspective of control-mastery theory
The aim of this paper is to illustrate the meaning and functions of dreams according to controlmastery theory (CMT), a cognitive-dynamic relational theory developed and empirically validated in the last 40 years by the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (Gazzillo, 2016; Silberschatz, 2005; Weiss, 1993a; Weiss, Sampson, & the Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group, 1986). CMT stresses how dreams reflect the person's efforts to adapt to re…
Patients’ unconscious testing activity in psychotherapy: A theoretical and empirical overview
The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical and empirical overview of the hypothesis that patients' behavior in psychotherapy can be understood as an expression of their efforts to disprove their pathogenic beliefs by testing them in the therapeutic relationship. According to Control-Mastery Theory (CMT; Gazzillo, 2016; Silberschatz, 2005; Weiss, 1986, 1994), psychopathology stems from unconscious pathogenic beliefs developed in response to…
Should supportive measures and relational variables be considered a part of psychoanalytic technique? Some empirical considerations
This article presents some quantitative findings from a survey of 89 psychoanalysts (all members of the American Psychoanalytic Association or the International Psychoanalytical Association) about their own experiences in analysis. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect retrospective data about (1) how participants felt they benefited from their analyses and (2) how they remembered their analysts' technique, personality, and style of r…
The relationship between impaired selective attention and severity of psychopathology in acute psychiatric patients
Thirty acute psychiatric patients were administered a battery of selective attention and cognitive ability measures to determine whether there is a differential deficit in filtering capacity with increasing degrees of psychopathology. Susceptibility to intrusions in the early stages of auditory selective attention was positively related to degree of disturbance, but not more so than were other cognitive disabilities. Slowness of information proce…
Psychoanalysis and Scientific Creativity: With Special Reference to Regression in the Service of the Ego
Should supportive measures and relational variables be considered a part of psychoanalytic technique? Some empirical considerations
This article presents some quantitative findings from a survey of 89 psychoanalysts (all members of the American Psychoanalytic Association or the International Psychoanalytical Association) about their own experiences in analysis. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect retrospective data about (1) how participants felt they benefited from their analyses and (2) how they remembered their analysts' technique, personality, and style of r…
Psychoanalysis and Scientific Creativity: With Special Reference to Regression in the Service of the Ego
Psychoanalysis and Scientific Creativity: With Special Reference to Regression in the Service of the Ego
The relationship between impaired selective attention and severity of psychopathology in acute psychiatric patients
Thirty acute psychiatric patients were administered a battery of selective attention and cognitive ability measures to determine whether there is a differential deficit in filtering capacity with increasing degrees of psychopathology. Susceptibility to intrusions in the early stages of auditory selective attention was positively related to degree of disturbance, but not more so than were other cognitive disabilities. Slowness of information proce…
Should supportive measures and relational variables be considered a part of psychoanalytic technique? Some empirical considerations
This article presents some quantitative findings from a survey of 89 psychoanalysts (all members of the American Psychoanalytic Association or the International Psychoanalytical Association) about their own experiences in analysis. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect retrospective data about (1) how participants felt they benefited from their analyses and (2) how they remembered their analysts' technique, personality, and style of r…
Patients’ unconscious testing activity in psychotherapy: A theoretical and empirical overview
The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical and empirical overview of the hypothesis that patients' behavior in psychotherapy can be understood as an expression of their efforts to disprove their pathogenic beliefs by testing them in the therapeutic relationship. According to Control-Mastery Theory (CMT; Gazzillo, 2016; Silberschatz, 2005; Weiss, 1986, 1994), psychopathology stems from unconscious pathogenic beliefs developed in response to…
New developments in understanding morality: Between evolutionary psychology, developmental psychology, and control-mastery theory
The aim of this article is to present an overview of several recently proposed hypotheses about the development of morality and guilt during the evolution of our species and the individual psychic development. The article will show how group selection seems to have favored the development of prosocial motivations, emotions, and skills, which are the basis of “moral” judgments and behaviors, and how the specific experiences of each individual and …
Dreaming and adaptation: The perspective of control-mastery theory
The aim of this paper is to illustrate the meaning and functions of dreams according to controlmastery theory (CMT), a cognitive-dynamic relational theory developed and empirically validated in the last 40 years by the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (Gazzillo, 2016; Silberschatz, 2005; Weiss, 1993a; Weiss, Sampson, & the Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group, 1986). CMT stresses how dreams reflect the person's efforts to adapt to re…
The adaptive function of fantasy: A proposal from the perspective of control-mastery theory
The aim of this paper is to show the evolution of the psychoanalytic conception of fantasy/phantasy from a psychic activity aimed at denying reality and/or fulfilling frustrated wishes to a tool useful for adapting to reality. We will then review some recent findings of empirical research on imagination and mental simulation showing how these activities, and mind wandering in general, is expression of the constant effort of the psyche to set and …
Pathological worry and rumination according to control-mastery theory
The aim of this article is to propose an interpretation of pathological worry and rumination based on the control-mastery theory (CMT), an integrative, relational cognitive-dynamic theory of mental functioning, psychopathology, and psychotherapy process developed by Joseph Weiss and empirically verified by Weiss, Harold Sampson, and the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group over the last 50 years. In the first part of this article, we will i…
Survivor guilt: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical features
The aim of this paper is to give the reader an overview of several theoretical, empirical, and clinical features of survivor guilt, and to integrate recent contributions of psychodynamic theory and, in particular, of control-mastery theory into the understanding of the concept alongside the latest findings in social psychology about it. After introducing the concept of survivor guilt and its origins in clinical observations on the consequences of…
Psychology (9 works) · Psychoanalysis (7 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)