Clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy : a transtheoretical approach to psychotherapy integration /

"The concept of clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy has been difficult to conceptualize because of their nondiscrete quality. The varieties and range of clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy challenge attempts at taxonomy and categorization. In part, because of the inseparable and inherently interp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scaturo, Douglas J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Eclectic psychotherapy. Cognitive therapy. Psychotherapists > Professional ethics. Psychotherapist and patient. Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy > ethics. Professional-Patient Relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part I. Clinical Dilemmas: An Introduction. 1. Fundamental clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy: introduction to a transtheoretical concept
2. The evolution of psychotherapy: the dilemma of integration versus manualization
Part II. Clinical Dilemmas Among Diverse Approaches to Treatment. 3. Psychodynamic and insight-oriented psychotherapy: focus and comprehensiveness, confrontation and support
4. Cognitive behavior therapy: balancing the directive and nondirective elements of treatment
5. Marital and couple therapy: the therapist's dilemmas with dyads
6. Family systems therapy: dilemmas of codependency and family homeostasis
7. Group psychotherapy: multiple dilemmas with multiple patients
Part III. Clinical Dilemmas in Therapeutic Process. 8. Transference, countertransference, and resistance: unconscious determinants of dilemmas
9. Therapeutic neutrality, self-disclosure, and boundary management: dilemmas of therapeutic engagement
Part IV. Clinical Dilemmas in Psychotherapy Integration: Theory, Practice, and Historical Context. 10. A three-phase learning-based integrative model of psychotherapy: the therapeutic alliance, technical interventions, and relearning
11. Integrative psychotherapy in clinical practice: an illustration of dilemma management
12. Dilemmas, dialecticism, and integration in the history of psychology: toward synergy and synthesis.