Howard A. Bacal

648 total citations
29 papers, 452 citations indexed

About

Howard A. Bacal is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard A. Bacal has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 452 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Clinical Psychology, 5 papers in General Psychology and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Howard A. Bacal's work include Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (20 papers), Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (5 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (5 papers). Howard A. Bacal is often cited by papers focused on Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (20 papers), Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (5 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (5 papers). Howard A. Bacal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Howard A. Bacal's co-authors include David Malan and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, Novartis Foundation symposium and The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Howard A. Bacal

23 papers receiving 317 citations

Peers

Howard A. Bacal
Sander M. Abend United States
Warren S. Poland United States
Heinrich Racker
O F Kernberg United States
Judy L. Kantrowitz United States
Benjamin Wolstein United States
Arnold Rothstein United States
Leo Stone United States
Rose Edgcumbe
Sheldon Bach United States
Sander M. Abend United States
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All Works

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Bacal, Howard A.. (2024). Discovering Optimal Responsiveness within the Salience of Emergent Process. Psychoanalytic Inquiry. 46(3). 238–248.
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Bacal, Howard A.. (2017). La responsividad óptima y el proceso terapéutico.. 11(1). 22–50.
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Bacal, Howard A.. (2017). Cómo la teoría de la especificidad cambia la práctica clínica. 11(2). 232–245.
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Bacal, Howard A.. (2017). Credo: My Psychoanalytic Adventure—A Quest to Conceptualize Therapeutic Efficacy. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 27(1). 1–19. 3 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (2011). Specificity Theory: The Evolution of a Process Theory of Psychoanalytic Treatment. American imago. 68(2). 267–285. 7 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A., et al.. (2010). Who can do what, therapeutically, with whom, in what way?. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 20(1). 46–50. 2 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A., et al.. (2010). Kohut's Last Words on Analytic Cure and How We Hear Them Now—A View From Specificity Theory. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. 5(2). 132–143. 14 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (2008). Specificity Theory: Conceptualizing a Personal and Professional Quest for Therapeutic Possibility. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. 1(2). 133–155. 14 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A., et al.. (1998). Las necesidades de selfobject del psicoanalista y el efecto de su frustración en el curso del tratamiento: una nueva visión de la contratransferencia. RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert) (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 67–78.
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Bacal, Howard A.. (1995). The essence of kohut's work and the progress of self psychology. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 5(3). 353–366. 17 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (1990). Does an object relations theory exist in self psychology?. Psychoanalytic Inquiry. 10(2). 197–220. 10 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (1985). Object-relations in the Group from the Perspective of Self Psychology. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 35(4). 483–501. 22 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (1981). Notes on some therapeutic challenges in the analysis of severely regressed patients. Psychoanalytic Inquiry. 1(1). 29–56. 13 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (1975). The doctor as a prescription for his patient.. PubMed. 21(10). 103–10. 2 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A.. (1972). Balint Groups: Training or Treatment?. PubMed. 3(4). 373–377. 7 indexed citations
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Malan, David, et al.. (1968). A Study of Psychodynamic Changes in Untreated Neurotic Patients. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 114(510). 525–551. 40 indexed citations
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Bacal, Howard A., et al.. (1968). A Method of Group Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 18(1). 21–30. 10 indexed citations
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Malan, David, et al.. (1965). The Assessment of Methods of Psychological Treatment [Abridged]. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 58(7). 522–525. 4 indexed citations

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