Theories of Psychotherapy: Origins and

This accessible and scholarly text examines the five key theoretical orientations in contemporary psychotherapy: psychodynamic, experiential, cognitive-behavioral, family systems, and integrative. Distinguished contributors lay out the major concepts that define these enduring theories of psychotherapy, discuss the ideas of the theorists who have expanded them, and describe the evolution of these central concepts over time.

List of Contributors

vii

(2)

Preface

ix

Chapter 1 The Contemporary Psychotherapeutic Landscape: Issues and Prospects

1

(38)

Stanley B. Messer

Paul L. Wachtel

Symptoms, Character, and Values

3

(3)

Brief Psychotherapy

6

(5)

Modernist Versus Postmodernist Approaches to Psychotherapy

11

(6)

Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy

17

(4)

The Controversy Over Empirically Validated Treatments

21

(6)

Managed Care and Psychotherapy

27

(12)

Chapter 2 Psychoanalytic Theories of Psychotherapy

39

(58)

David L. Wolitzky

Morris N. Eagle

Freudian Drive Theory

41

(2)

Psychoanalytic Ego Psychology

43

(12)

Object Relations Theory

55

(6)

Interpersonal Psychoanalysis

61

(9)

Other Contributions to Psychoanalytic Theory and Treatment

70

(8)

Most Recent Developments: Reflections on Theories and Techniques in Psychoanalysis

78

(7)

Conclusion

85

(12)

Chapter 3 Humanistic Approaches to Psychotherapy

97

(34)

Leslie S. Greenberg

Laura N. Rice

Origins

99

(5)

The Therapeutic Processes

104

(9)

Recent Decades

113

(3)

Future Developments

116

(2)

Most Recent Developments: Evidence-Based Experiential Psychotherapy

118

(3)

Conclusion

121

(10)

Chapter 4 The Conceptual Evolution of Behavior Therapy

131

(50)

Daniel B. Fishman

Cyril M. Franks

History

133

(10)

Definition of Behavior Therapy

143

(3)

A Metatheoretical Framework for Characterizing Contemporary Behavior Therapy

146

(7)

Behavior Therapy in Action

153

(7)

Behavior Therapy in Contemporary Context

160

(9)

Conclusion

169

(12)

Chapter 5 Development of Family Systems Theory

181

(46)

Philip J. Guerin, Jr.

David R. Chabot

Communication Theorists

183

(9)

Psychoanalytic Multigenerational Theorists

192

(14)

The Structural Family Therapy Theorists

206

(4)

Comment on Behavioral Family Therapy

210

(1)

Summary of the Years 1950-1990

211

(1)

Most Recent Developments

212

(9)

Conclusion

221

(6)

Chapter 6 Integrative Theories of Therapy

227

(62)

Hal Arkowitz

What Is Psychotherapy Integration?

228

(1)

Psychotherapy Integration: A History of Ideas

229

(25)

Why Integration Now?

254

(2)

Psychotherapy Integration: Contributions, Problems, and Promises

256

(2)

Psychotherapy Integration Comes of Age: Recent Developments

258

(14)

Conclusion

272

(17)

Author Index

289

(10)

Subject Index

299

(10)

About the Editors

309

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