The Art and Science of Psychotherapy

Stefan G. Hofmann, Joel Weinberger

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781135928216
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy Counselling
• Index: Psychology

Psychotherapy, like most other areas of health care, is a synthesis of scientific technique and artistic expression. The practice, like any other, is grounded in a series of standardized principles, theories, and techniques. Individual practitioners define themselves within the field by using these basic tools to achieve their therapeutic goals in novel ways, applying these rudimentary skills and guiding principles to each situation. However, a toolbox full of treatment approaches, no matter how comprehensive, is not enough to effectively reach your patients. Effective work can only be accomplished through a synthesis of the fundamental scientific methods and the creative application of these techniques, approaches, and strategies.

The Art and Science of Psychotherapy offers invaluable insight into the creative side of psychotherapy. The book addresses the fundamental split between researchers and scholars who use scientific methods to develop disorder-specific treatment techniques and those more clinically inclined therapists who emphasize the individual, interpersonal aspects of the therapeutic process. With contributions from leading therapists, the editors have compiled a practical handbook for clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals.

Index

A

AAI, see Adult Attachment Interviews

Academia, capitalization of, 3

Acceptance, 177

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), 200, 223

ACT, see Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Active surgery, 110

Activities, variability of, 86

Adult Attachment Interviews (AM), 251

Alcoholism, CBT for, 73

Alice in Wonderland, 105

Allegiance effect, 106

Alliance ruptures, 155–170, 175

Brief Relational Psychotherapy, 166–167

metacommunication, 163–165

rupture resolution process and research, 159–163

rupture resolution and therapeutic alliance, 156–159

rupture resolution and therapist internal processes, 165–166

American Psychiatric Association, 32, 33, 73, 212

American Psychological Association (APA), 4, 31, 52, 108

Division of Clinical Psychology, 73

Presidential Task Force, 52, 89–91

Society for Clinical Psychology, 57

Task Force of Division 12, 132–133, 141, 142

Task Force of Division 29, 133, 137, 142

Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedure, xviii

AN, see Anorexia nervosa

Analysis of transference, 55

Anchoring heuristic, 94, 95

Anna Freud Center, 96

Anorexia nervosa (AN), 12

Antecedent cognitive reappraisal, 196–198, 200, 203

Antidepressant response, placebo response vs., 34

Antisocial personality disorder, 256, 259

Anxiety

facing, 112

genetic influences on, 192

triggers for, 203

Anxiety disorder(s), 58

adolescent, 191, 194

antecedent cognitive reappraisal and, 196

borderline personality disorder and, 269

CBT for, 73, 134, 179

comorbid, 194

future depression and, 193

generalized, 197, 202

manuals to treat, 194

mood disorders and, 192

motivational interviewing and, 177

Task Force Focus, 142

Anxiety and Its Disorders,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Full Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• The Art and Science of Psychotherapy: An Introduction
• SECTION I Theoretical Issues
• SECTION II Nonspecific and Common Factors
• SECTION III Treatments of Axis I Disorders
• SECTION IV Treatments of Axis II Disorders
• Conclusion Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom; Let One Hundred Schools of Thought Contend
• Index