Students, instructors, and practitioners in clinical psychology, psychiatry, clinical social work, mental health and pastoral counseling, and psychiatric nursing. Serves as a text in graduate-level psychotherapy courses.



Autorentext

Robert L. Woolfolk, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He has served on the faculties of Princeton University and the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Woolfolk has published widely in scientific, clinical, and philosophical outlets. He is a practicing psychotherapist with over 40 years of clinical experience. Drawing from a variety of therapeutic approaches, he has conducted therapy with individuals, couples, families, and groups. His recent empirical research has addressed the treatment of somatoform disorders.



Inhalt

1. Crisis
2. Ancient Roots and Modern Advances: Our Proud Heritage
3. Civil Wars: The Rise of Behavior Therapy and Biomedical Psychiatry
4. Some Sophistries of Cognition and Biomedicine
5. In Search of Psychotherapy Expertise
6. Psychotherapy as a Humanism
7. Adverse Effects: Cautionary Tales of Harmful Therapies
8. Prospects for Resurgence
References
Index

Titel
The Value of Psychotherapy
Untertitel
The Talking Cure in an Age of Clinical Science
EAN
9781462521920
ISBN
978-1-4625-2192-0
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
11.08.2015
Digitaler Kopierschutz
frei
Dateigrösse
1.3 MB
Anzahl Seiten
222
Jahr
2015
Untertitel
Englisch