| Developments in Psychotherapy: Historical Perspectives Contributor(s): Dryden, Windy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803979126 ISBN-13: 9780803979123 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: This comprehensive and accessible book charts the origins and development of the major non-psychoanalytic fields in counselling and psychotherapy. Leading British and North American psychotherapists examine a range of approaches including person-centred, transactional analysis, Gestalt, cognitive and behavioural therapy. They discuss how, why and where each approach came about, and the context and influences under which it was formulated. They go on to survey the further development of theory and practice in each case, taking in the most significant trends and highlighting advances which are often not recognized or fully understood. Each approach is then brought firmly up to date with an overview of its current ideology and |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 96069121 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.88 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive and accessible book charts the origins and development of the major non-psychoanalytic fields in counselling and psychotherapy. Leading British and North American psychotherapists examine a range of approaches including person-centred, transactional analysis, Gestalt, cognitive and behavioural therapy. They discuss how, why and where each approach came about, and the context and influences under which it was formulated. They go on to survey the further development of theory and practice in each case, taking in the most significant trends and highlighting advances which are often not recognized or fully understood. Each approach is then brought firmly up to date with an overview of its current ideology and |
Contributor Bio(s): Dryden, Windy: - Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. |