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Book SynopsisThis book examines how psychotherapists can be appropriately responsive to clients'' unique needs across a variety of therapeutic approaches by saying or doing the right thing at the right time. Expert contributors from a variety of theoretical orientations synthesize key research and identify common factors across these approaches along with their unique contributions to the field of psychology.
Chapters first explore important broad concepts and strategies, including therapists attuning to their clients'' needs, examining the importance of the therapeutic relationship, the role clinicians play as attachment figures for their clients, and repairing ruptures in the working alliance.
Building from this foundation, chapters then examine specific types of therapy in detail, including psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, emotion-focused therapy, control-mastery theory, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapy for LGBTQ in
Table of ContentsContributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Exploring Responsiveness and Attunement in Psychotherapy
Jeanne C. Watson and Hadas WisemanPart I. The Case for Responsiveness Chapter 1. Responsiveness in Psychotherapy Research: Problems and Ways Forward
William B. Stiles Chapter 2. Responsiveness, the Relationship, and the Working Alliance in Psychotherapy
Robert L. Hatcher Chapter 3. Attachment Theory as a Framework for Responsiveness in Psychotherapy
Hadas Wiseman and Sharon Egozi Chapter 4. Responsiveness to Ruptures and Repairs in Psychotherapy
Catherine F. Eubanks, Joey Sergi, and J. Christopher MuranPart II. Responsiveness in Different Therapeutic Approaches Chapter 5. Responsiveness in Psychodynamic Relational Psychotherapy
Orya Tishby Chapter 6. Responsiveness in Control-Mastery Theory
George Silberschatz Chapter 7. Context-Responsive Psychotherapy Integration Applied to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michael J. Constantino, Brien J. Goodwin, Heather J. Muir, Alice E. Coyne, and James F. Boswell Chapter 8. Responsiveness in Emotion-Focused Therapy
Jeanne C. Watson Chapter 9. Responsiveness and Therapeutic Collaboration in Narrative Therapy
Eugénia Ribeiro, Miguel M. Gonçalves, and Dulce Pinto Chapter 10. Therapist Responsiveness in Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents
Gary M. Diamond, Rotem Boruchovitz-Zamir, and Ofir Nir-Gottlieb Chapter 11. Therapist Responsiveness in Treatments for Personality Disorders
Ueli Kramer Chapter 12. Enhancing Therapist Responsiveness in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Jamie D. Bedics and Holly J. McKinley Chapter 13. Responsiveness in Integrative Therapies
James F. Boswell, Brittany R. King, Carly M. Schwartzman, Rachel H. Wasserman, and Michael J. ConstantinoPart III. Integration and Conclusions Chapter 14. Meeting the Challenge of Responsiveness: Synthesizing Perspectives
Jeanne C. Watson and Hadas Wiseman Index
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