Description
Book SynopsisThis book''s humble title betrays little of the riches it contains or the magnitude of its author''s accomplishment in having written it. When it appeared in 1981, the first edition of Psychotherapy was on the cutting edge of a nascent trend toward eclecticism in psychotherapy. Now, thanks in part to that classic, what was once an ad hoc movement has blossomed into a dominant force in both the academic and clinical milieus.
Consistent with its predecessor, Psychotherapy, Second Edition espouses no single theoretical orientation. Neither is it a melange of concepts and techniques haphazardly slapped together from disparate schools of thought. Rather, it describes a dynamic, practical approach to the psychotherapeutic process as a whole. Based on its author''s extensive review of the current literature as well as his more than half-century of clinical experience, the approach it outlines seamlessly integrates ideas common to a wide array of psychotherapeutic systems and incorpo
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Table of Contents
Orientations and Viewpoints in Psychotherapy.
The Therapy Client-Patient.
The Psychotherapist.
Therapeutic Variables in Psychotherapy.
Common and Specific Factors in Psychotherapy.
The Beginning Phase of Psychotherapy.
The Middle and Later Phases of Psychotherapy.
Terminating Psychotherapy.
Theoretical Emphases and Issues.
Brief and Long-Term Psychotherapy.
Research in Psychotherapy.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy: A Concluding Note.
Indexes.
