| Counseling and Psychotherapy Essentials: Integrating Theories, Skills, and Practices Contributor(s): Beitman, Bernard D. (Author), Good, Glenn E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393704580 ISBN-13: 9780393704587 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2006 Annotation: The essential textbook for learning integrative psychotherapy. Actual psychotherapeutic practice is predominantly eclectic--clinicians mix schools and methods as they seek to address their clients' needs. Yet psychotherapy textbooks are still stuck in clinical pigeonholes and are often more committed to a theoretical position than to helping students learn how to be effective in the therapy hour. Here students will find a textbook that brings their classroom experience into agreement with the demands of actual clinical practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Education & Training |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2006040056 |
| Series: Norton Professional Books (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 7.88" W x 10.24" (2.39 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an age when actual psychotherapeutic practice is predominantly eclectic, most psychotherapy textbooks are outdated and impractically bound in theoretical pigeon holes. Counseling and Psychotherapy Essentials incorporates into a single source the latest advances in the field and focuses on psychotherapy's core processes--rather than ideologies--to provide a comprehensive and imminently pragmatic textbook for learning integrative counseling and psychotherapy. The central lessons of this book are framed on one side by a theoretical overview in which essential therapeutic concepts and techniques are synthesized, and on the other side by a detailed review of frequently encountered concerns such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, couple/marital issues, and psychopharmacology. From the general to the specific, Good and Beitman keep their discussion grounded in the core processes of psychotherapy--engagement, pattern search, change, and termination--that facilitate therapeutic change. In Counseling and Psychotherapy Essentials, students have a textbook that seamlessly connects their classroom experience with their actual work with clients, preparing them to be effective clinicians. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beitman, Bernard D.: - Bernard D. Beitman, M.D. is professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and a member of the Committee on Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the co-author of Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy.Good, Glenn E.: - Glenn E. Good is associate professor of education at the University of Missouri-Columbia and co-editor of The New Handbook of Psychotherapy and Counseling with Men. |