Demonstrates the author's approach to short-term, focused therapy. This treatment is distinguished by its emphasis on finding an issue on which to focus in therapy, a characteristic intrinsic to its brevity (therapy generally runs 12-25 sessions).
Part of the ""History of Psychology in Autobiography"" series, this book takes personal and intellectual journeys of nine eminent people whose research has psychology into the 21st century.
Demonstrates a multimodal, evidence-based approach to working with families. Anchored in a client-oriented philosophy, the author first delineates client goals and then uses the most appropriate generic evidence-based strategies that can help achieve the goals set by the clients.
A Step-by-Step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psychology
Suitable for those considering graduate study in psychology, this book simplifies the process for applicants and increases their chances of being accepted. It includes useful timelines, tips, and tools that break the tasks into manageable steps and help readers define their goals, select programs, and navigate the application process.
Integrative Relational Psychotherapy is a demonstration and discussion of Paul L. Wachtel's approach to treating clients. In this approach, the therapeutic work centers on disrupting the vicious circles in which clients' interactions with others perpetuate the distressing affect states and the internal conflicts that generated their actions in the ......
Demonstrates the Rogerian style of therapy, which is based on the fact that a safe, accepting relationship between the therapist and client is key to the process of client self-discovery and actualization.
Synthesizing theoretical and methodological developments in affective science and highlighting their potential application to psychopathology, this edited volume illustrates the importance of transferring basic research into the clinical area and considers the potential payoffs of using affective science to conceptualize and treat major mental ......
Demonstrates reality therapy, a choice-centered approach. This work features a session the author had with a man in his 40s who has relationship difficulties because of his communication style, helping the client to look at his relationship differently and to try to see things from his girlfriend's point of view.
In ""Brief Therapy With Adolescents"", John Littrell, EdD, demonstrates his approach to working with teenage clients. This approach seeks to shorten the length of therapy by looking at the client's patterns of behavior and helping to change the patterns that do not fit the client's goals. In this session, Dr. Littrell works with a 17-year-old boy ......
