Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy Theory and Practice

New developments in psychotherapy research and practice over the past twenty years require a new perspective from a psychotherapy book. Until recently, approaches to clinical practices were presented as competing truths. Each one was viewed as a distinct, all-encompassing system of thoughtand clinical practice. Therapists were expected to decide which school they favored and then apply its treatment methods consistently to all patients. This is no longer the case. While a growing body of empirical research supports the efficacy of treatment over no treatment, it does not endorse any one treatment as superior to all others. Moreover, most psychotherapists today acknowledge that they draw on therapeutic insights and techniques from a number of psychologicalschools of thought. To guide therapists in developing their own style of effective psychotherapy, Bruce Bongar and Larry E. Beutler have assembled a work that provides an overview of the field and an understanding of the essential features of the leading schools of psychotherapy. They bring together experts whointroduce the individual theories and practice techniques from these schools and guide the reader in discovering which approaches work best for which patients.Bongar, Bruce is the author of 'Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy Theory and Practice', published 1995 under ISBN 9780195082159 and ISBN 019508215X.