Synopses & Reviews
Used in top counseling, psychology, and social work programs, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES is the ideal resource to not only help you excel in the course, but also to learn, compare, and apply the major systems of psychotherapy in a way that will be meaningful in your own practice. Each contributor is either an originator or a leading proponent of one of the systems, and each presents the basic principles of the system in a clear and straightforward manner, discussing it in the context of the other systems. Theory chapters include a case example that guides you through the problem, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up process. Accompanying CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES is CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, each case demonstrates the basic techniques and methods of the theory being illustrated. This edition retains classic case studies by Harold Mosak, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Arnold Lazarus, and Peggy Papp.
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Key strengths: "Reputation as this is 'the standard', thorough and astute, and not trendy."
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"I like this text, and have used it for several years, because the authors allow noted practitioners to explain their own method in their own words. In that sense the content of this book is 'primary' not 'secondary' material."
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"I use CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES because I believe that for a course of this type it is important for students to read about the theories in the words of their founders. Current Psychotherapies allows me to come close to that ideal without requiring students to purchase a dozen or more original sources."
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"...the straightforward language used in the textbook makes it highly accessible to both my undergraduate and graduate students and serves as an excellent introduction to students interested or just beginning training in psychotherapy."
Synopsis
Highly respected and used in the field?s top programs, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES provides readers of counseling, psychology, and social work with an authoritative treatment of the major systems of psychotherapy. Each contributor is either an originator or a leading proponent of one of the systems, and each presents the basic principles of the system in a clear and straightforward manner, discussing it in the context of the other systems.
About the Author
Raymond Corsini's training was diverse. He received a BA and MA at the City College of New York, then did his doctoral training at Syracuse University, Cornell University, University of California, University of Wisconsin (all during the time of his work as a prison psychologist), and finally obtained a Ph.D. at age 41 from the University of Chicago under Carl Rogers. He met and interacted with J.L. Moreno, Fritz Perls, Victor Frankl, and Albert Ellis among others, but his main teacher was Rudolf Dreikurs, an Adlerian. He had three separate careers: as a prison psychologist for fifteen years, then an industrial psychologist for ten years, and finally in private practice of psychotherapy and counseling for thirty years. Usually in the summers he taught courses at over a dozen universities and full time at the University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkeley. He has published over 60 books under 43 titles, including four encyclopedias and the most complete dictionary of psychology, and has written or edited eighteen books in counseling or psychotherapy.Danny Wedding was trained as a clinical psychologist at the University of Hawaii and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He later completed two years working for the U.S. Congress, first in the Senate and later in the House of Representatives. Danny joined the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine in 1991 as Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), a university research and policy center serving the mental health community in Missouri. Danny's research interests include psychotherapy, international health, mental health policy, and the portrayal of mental illness and addictions in films. With the assistance of colleagues, he has written or edited ten books including CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES, CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, BEHAVIOR AND MEDICINE, THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY HANDBOOK, SCREENING FOR BRAIN IMPAIRMENT, and MOVIES AND MENTAL ILLNESS. Danny is the Editor-Elect for CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY: APA REVIEW OF BOOKS, and he currently serves on the APA Council of Representatives and the Board of the Society of Clinical Psychology.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction, Raymond J. Corsini. 2. Psychoanalysis, Ellen B. Luborsky, Maureen O'Reilly-Landry, and Jacob A. Arlow. 3. Adlerian Psychotherapy, Harold H. Mosak and Michael P. Maniacci. 4. Analytical Psychotherapy, Claire Douglas. 5. Person-Centered Therapy, Nathaniel J. Raskin and Marjorie Witty. 6. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Albert Ellis. 7. Behavior Therapy, G. Terence Wilson. 8. Cognitive Therapy, Aaron T. Beck and Marjorie Weishaar. 9. Existential Psychotherapy, Edward Mendelowitz and Kirk Schneider. 10. Gestalt Therapy, Gary Yontef and Lynne Jacobs. 11. Multimodal Therapy, Arnold A. Lazarus. 12. Family Therapy, Irene Goldenberg and Herbert Goldenberg. 13. Contemplative Psychotherapies, Roger Walsh. 14. Integrative Psychotherapies, John Norcross and Larry Beutler. 15. Contemporary Challenges And Controversies, Ken Pope and Danny Wedding.