The Handbook of Individual Therapy: Sixth Edition

Book Details
- Publisher : Sage
- Published : January 2013
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 672
- Category :
Individual Psychotherapy - Catalogue No : 35478
- ISBN 13 : 9781446201374
- ISBN 10 : 1446201376
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This classic text has helped over 50,000 students wishing to understand the key counselling and psychotherapy approaches. This sixth edition is the most comprehensive update since it was first published in 1984, with 15 newly contributed chapters and eight updated chapters. Each approach now includes a new Research section summarising the research findings, an in-depth Case Study illustrating how that approach works in practice, and an extended Practice section.
Also covered:
* historical context and development
* main theoretical assumptions
* which clients will benefit most
* strengths and limitations.
New chapters include: Compassion-Focussed Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Mindfulness in Individual Therapy, Pluralistic Therapy, Transpersonal Therapy. This is an ideal one-stop shop for trainees of counselling, psychotherapy, counselling psychology, psychology and other allied professions wanting to learn about the most commonly practised therapies today.
Reviews and Endorsements
'This compendium serves as an excellent reference point for an academic as well as practitioner. It is an exceptional achievement!'
- Dr Ladislav Timulak, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
'[It] continues to be the book that one turns to when looking for a clear introduction to the broad range of talking cures that are offered in the UK today.'
- Dr Nick Midgley, Anna Freud Centre
About the Editor(s)
Windy Dryden is in part-time clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on REBT. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 45 years and is the author and editor of over 285 books.
Andrew Reeves is a counsellor at the University of Liverpool and Editor of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research.
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