The initial psychotherapy interview : a gay man seeks treatment / edited by Charles Silverstein.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Charles Silverstein -- Scott's Interview (transcript) / Charles Silverstein -- The initial psychotherapy interview / Charles Silverstein -- Variations on gender and orientation in Scott's first interview / Margaret Nichols -- Institutional aspects of the initial interview / Ronald E. Hellman -- Death and bereavement / Michael C. Singer -- An attachment perspective on the first interview (accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy) / Gil Tunnell -- Understanding self-report of sexual abuse in an initial clinical interview / John C. Gonsiorek -- Sex, drugs, and HIV (clinical issues and assessment strategies) / Peter S. Theodore -- Motivational interviewing for health behavior problems / Donald Bux -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy / DeMond M. Grant and LaRicka R. Wingate -- Family systems (the relational contexts of individual symptoms) / Corinne Datchi-Phillips -- Listening as a psychoanalyst / Ralph Roughton -- Psychodrama (in searach of meaning through action) / Jacob Gershoni -- Gay-affirmative psychotheraphy in real time (a first interview) / Armand R. Cerbone.

Print version record.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the initial interview with a gay male client. It first provides a transcript of the entire interview. It then covers in depth a set of universal themes, and finally includes commentary on, and analysis of the interview from a range of the most widely used theoretical perspectives. It is designed to teach the foundations of conducting an initial interview and therapists in training, as well as experienced mental health workers will find it invaluable.