Critical Issues in Psychotherapy

Translating New Ideas into Practice

Brent D. Slife, Richard N. Williams, Sally H. Barlow

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN: 9780761920816, 9780761920809
• eBook ISBN: 9781452262505
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

"The contributors are an esteemed group that have played significant roles in shaping contemporary understanding of the issues they will be addressing. The number of chapters coincides with the number of weeks in a typical semester, increasing its use as a course text."

—Brian Vandenberg, University of Missouri-St. Louis

A landmark publication, Critical Issues in Psychotherapy moves the discipline into the new millennium by addressing many of the field?s new and revolutionary approaches. Through illustrative therapy cases and practitioner commentaries, this text examines both the newer and the more established models in psychotherapy. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this volume translates the new approaches to psychotherapy, making them more accessible to students. Organized around the issues that are fundamental to psychotherapy, chapters include information on empirically validated treatments, mainstream theories, individualism, spirituality, multiculturalism, moral and legal discourse, and managed care. Bringing together an esteemed group of authorities, this will be the ideal text for students in advanced courses in psychotherapy and counseling practice and theory.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Issue 1 - Empirically Supported Treatments
• Empirically Supported Treatments: What's a Nonbehaviorist to Do?
• Commentary: Empirically Supported Treatments: Some Thoughts on the Nonbehaviorists' Dilemma
• Issue 2 - Assessment
• Psychological Assessment: From Objectification Back to the Life World
• Commentary: Collaborative Psychological Assessment: Becoming Psychological Hermeneuts
• Issue 3 - Biologization of Psychotherapy
• The Biologization of Psychotherapy: Understanding the Nature of Influence
• Commentary: The Biologization of Psychotherapy: Understanding the Nature of Influence
• Issue 4 - Spirituality
• The Phenomenon of Spirit in a Secular Psychotherapy
• Commentary: The Phenomenon of Spirit in a Secular Psychotherapy
• Issue 5 - Culture
• Psychotherapy as an Instrument of Culture
• Commentary: Psychotherapy as an Instrument of Culture: A Clinician's View
• Issue 6 - Managed Care
• Managed Care Programs: What Do Clinicians Need?
• Commentary: Managed Care Programs: What Do Clinicians Need?
• Issue 7 - Individualism
• Individualism and Modern Psychotherapy
• Commentary: Individualism and Modem Psychotherapy
• Issue 8 - The Scientist-Practitioner Model
• The Patient-Philosopher Evaluates the Scientist-Practitioner: A Case Study
• Commentary: The Clinician Turned Philosopher
• Issue 9 - Free Will/Determinism
• Psychotherapy as Practical Teleology: Viewing the Person as Agent
• Commentary: Human Agency in Psychotherapy: To Choose or Not to Choose ... Is That the Question?
• Issue 10 - Eclecticism
• Eclecticism in Psychotherapy: Is it Really the Best Substitute for Traditional Theories?
• Commentary: New Bottles, Old Wine?
• Issue 11 - Postmodernism
• The Postmodern Turn: What It Means for Psychotherapy—and What It Doesn't
• Commentary: The Dilemma of Realism and Antirealism: A Response to Held's Postmodern Turn
• Issue 12 - Multiculturalism
• Culture, Identity, and Loyalty: New Pathways for a Culturally Aware Psychotherapy
• Commentary: Multiculturalism and Diversity: Response to Dr. Fowers
• Issue 13 - Diagnosis
• "Objectivity" in Diagnosis and Treatment: A Philosophical Analysis
• Commentary: "Objectivity" in Diagnosis and Treatment: A Philosophical Analysis
• Issue 14 - Feminism
• Bringing FeministIssues to Therapy
• Commentary: Bringing Feminist Issues to Therapy
• Conclusion: The Values of Psychotherapy
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• About the Editors and Contributors