Welcome
This is a companion site to the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group website, dedicated to the application and extension of Control-Mastery theory, which was developed by San Francisco psychotherapist Joseph Weiss, who passed away on November 7, 2004.
The "Popular Articles" section is is dedicated to helping the vast majority of people who would never seek therapy. Articles range from discussions of psychological realities using movie characters as illustrative examples to full-blown case histories derived from the psychoanalytic literature. The object of these articles is to provide readers with insights that may prove helpful in their daily lives.
The "Academic Articles" section offers extensions of Control-Mastery theory primarily in terms of new theories of sleep and dreaming and a reinterpretation of Control-Mastery theory in terms of attachment theory.
Current Popular Articles and E-Books
E-BOOK: WHAT MOVIES CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT LIFE
Rudy—How
to Stay Inspired (170 KB)
Finding Forrester—Two
Important Obstacles to Realizing Your Talents (144 KB)
Meet the Fockers—How
We Are Influenced in Choosing a Mate (298 KB) Spanglish—Narcissistic
Personalities and Their Complicit Partners (140 KB)
About a Boy—How to Recognize You Are Making
Progress (83 KB)
The Final Cut—The
Six Stages of Self-Development (98 KB)
Being More Self-Confident
Case History: Annette's Struggle to Become More Self-Confident (38 KB)
Becoming More Independent
Case
History: Ms. D's Quest for Independence (39 K)
Having More Satisfying Intimate Relationships
The Nature of Homosexuality(35 KB)
Case History: What Ms. D Must Deal with in Seeking
a Husband (28 KB)
Finding the Life You Were Meant to Live
Rudy—10 Rules for Finding
Your True Path in Life (79 KB)
Nine Ways to Ensure Success (37 KB)
Current Academic Articles
Control-Mastery Theory
Reconceptualizing the Therapeutic Process (67 KB) The
Therapist as the Patient's Attachment Figure and Secure Base
(155 KB)
Control-Mastery Therapy and Attachment Theory
(310 KB) Sleep Theory
Sleep
and Psychological Development: Introduction (131
KB) Normal
Adult Human Sleep as a Problem-Solving Process (221
KB)
Normal Adult Human Sleep as a Problem-Solving
Process: Sleep Cycling Data on Naps and Sleep Stage and Sleep Deprivation (316 KB)
Dream Theory
New – Coming Soon: An analysis of Freud's specimen dream of psychoanalysis, the so-called dream of Irma's Injection A
New Look at Freud’s Botanical Monograph Dream (247
KB) The Ongoing Hobson, Solms, Domhoff Debate Points Up the Superficiality of Modern Dream Theories: Introduction (131 KB)Control-Mastery Links
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Control-Mastery and Sexual Arousal
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