TY - JOUR
AU - Thorne, Frederick C.
AB -  INTRODUCTION This article represents an attempt to formulate and disseminate some of the theoretical contributions in the field of clinical psychology originated by a former teacher at Columbia University, the late Prescott Lecky. Mr. Lecky joined the faculty of Columbia College as instructor in psychology in 1924 and remained in that position for ten years during part of which time he acted as personality advisor to students. For a variety of reasons some of which were perhaps not completely fair to Mr. Lecky, his regular appointment to the Columbia College faculty was not renewed in 1934 but he continued teaching courses in the psychology of personality in the extension division until his premature death on May 30, 1941 from coronary thrombosis. In order to understand the scientific background which led to his later theoretical contributions, it is necessary to review his development as a clinical psychologist. While serving in the Army during World War I, Mr. Lecky became interested in psychology through an assignment to teach illiterate soldiers to write. On returning to civilian life he gave up his career as a promising reporter on the N e w York World and secured a degree of Master of 
TI - Directive psychotherapy: II. The theory of selfconsistency
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology
DO - 10.1002/1097-4679(194504)1:2<155::AID-JCLP2270010215>3.0.CO;2-W
DA - 1945-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/directive-psychotherapy-ii-the-theory-of-selfconsistency-K5TyTmb0O0
SP - 155
EP - 162
VL - 1
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -