Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy : A Case Approach
ISBN: 9780132286527 | 0132286521
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/18/2008
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Based on a deeply held belief that theory does matter in effective helper client interactions, this text examines with clarity and with fourteen theories of counseling and psychotherapy. At the beginning each chapter, readers meet a new client through a case example. The author then presents the theory s basic philosophical assumptions; its beliefs about what motivates human behavior; its central constructs; its picture of how humans develop; its ideas about what constitutes mental health and dysfunction; its perspective on how our relationship... MORE
| Theory Is a Good Thing | |
| Psychoanalysis | |
| Neoanalytic Approaches | |
| Individual Psychology | |
| Person-Centered Therapy | |
| Existential Psychotherapy | |
| Gestalt Therapy | |
| Behavior Therapy | |
| Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy | |
| Cognitive Therapy | |
| Reality Therapy | |
| Feminist Therap... MORE | |
| Family Systems Theory | |
| Solution-Focused Therapy | |
| Narrative Therapy | |
| Conclusion | |
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Nancy L. Murdock, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She has served as the Vice President for Education and Training of the Society of Counseling Psychology and is a past chair of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs. Her research interests include professional issues, counseling/supervision process, and family systems theory.
