Description
Book SynopsisPioneered by Harry Stack Sullivan in the 1940s, interpersonal therapy has, over the past half century, firmly established itself as one of the four main psychotherapeutic families. Now, from one of the brightest lights currently working in the field, comes the comprehensive guide to contemporary interpersonal research, theory, and practice. Providing a valuable resource for students as well as mental health professionals, Donald J. Kiesler offers both an exhaustive, up-to-the-minute survey of current methods and principles, and a systematic, empirically based approach to interpersonal psychotherapy.
In the first part of the book, the focus is on general principles of personality and maladjustment as viewed from the interpersonal perspective. Dr. Kiesler introduces the interpersonal circleone of the central conceptual underpinnings of interpersonal theory and practice. He then explores the importance of the interpersonal circle in both research and clinical applications, including i
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.
Overt Interpersonal Behavior and the Interpersonal Circle.
Interpersonal Behavior: Moderating Factors and Other Issues.
Covert Components of Interpersonal Behavior.
Interpersonal Behavior and Our Bids for Complementarity.
Measurement of the Covert Complementary Response: The ImpactMessage Inventory.
Maladjusted Interpersonal Behavior: General Principles andFormulations for Specific DSM Disorders.
DIAGNOSIS, PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND SUPERVISION.
Interpersonal Assessment and Diagnosis.
The Relationship in Psychotherapy: An Interpersonal CommunicationAnalysis.
Interpersonal Communication Interventions: InterpersonalComplementary Principles.
Conclusion.
References.
Indexes.
