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Used in top counseling, psychology, and social work programs, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES is the ideal resource to not only help you excel in the course, but also to learn, compare, and apply the major systems of psychotherapy in a way that will be meaningful in your own practice. Each contributor is either an originator or a leading proponent of one of the systems, and each presents the basic principles of the system in a clear and straightforward manner, discussing it in the context of the other systems. Theory chapters include a case example that guides you through the problem, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up process. Accompanying CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES is CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, each case demonstrates the basic techniques and methods of the theory being illustrated. This edition retains classic case studies by Harold Mosak, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Arnold Lazarus, and Peggy Papp.
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 Buyer Beware!
This was advertised as an 8th edition book and I was sent the 7th edition. I am now having to purchase the 8th edition. This was over a $100 mistake...I am now having to go through Amazon to try to get reimbursed.
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 Excellent Summaries of Various Therapies ( tanran7 )
I found this book at a thrift store and liked the summaries of the various therapies that I found. Many of them were short and to the point, and said everything more concisely than some books did with more pages and words. I must admit that I did not read about all the therapies in the book, but only the ones that I liked. There is a section on the "Focusing" work of Gendlin that is excellent and gives some detail not found in his classic book in the field. While it is only a few pages long, I found them worth reading and added to my understanding of his therapy, which is the basis of much process oriented therapy to this day, as well as a meditation tool. I think the reason why the article added to the understanding is because the article is historically later than his book and he is giving his later reflections. All in all, it is a good reference book.
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Best Book for Clinical Psychology Course ( cmburch879 )
This is, by far, my favorite book for use in teaching a Clinical Psychology course. The most appealing component of this book is that it uses theoretical formulators or significant contributors to the perspectives presented(ie., Beck, Ellis, Rollo & May, etc.) as original authors whenever possible. There are, unfortunately, some problematics in the chapters written by others (e.g., the author of the classical psychoanalysis chapter indicating, naively, that Freud's theory was deterministic - ignoring, completely, Freud's more subjective and telic explanations of psychological phenomena and that his deterministic perspectives were more add-ons to his final theory to appease his more biologically minded contemporaries...see my website: [...]). Still, even with such provisos, I recommend this book as a good introduction to theories/perspectives in clinical psychology/psychotherapy. For a better, more comprehensive reading of the grand personality theories and psychotherapies, I HIGHLY recommend you purchase a copy of Rychlak's, _Introduction to Personality and Psychotherapy_.
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 A disappointment, but good for masters students ( pianocomposer )
I am taking a masters course that reviews the major theories of counseling, and this is the one and only book required for that course. I have the 7th edition, but he 8th is very similar. I am sorry to report that this book, while a good starting point for a master's student who is required to do outside research for papers, etc., is poorly and unevenly written and rarely does justice to the topic being presented. In particular, most of my fellow students thought the presentation of Gestalt therapy and Jung's analytical psychology were very poorly presented and did not give the reader an understanding of how these psychotherapies actually worked. A few others thought the chapter on Adlerian psychotherapy was fairly bad, although I don't think the theory itself is particularly intersting so who cares (my opinion, obviously).
I thought the chapter on Person-centered therapy was good, but this is not surprising as most American therapists prefer Rogers so it is unlikely to be given short shrift.
In general, I would NOT recommend this book unless you are a) a master's student and will be doing further research on these therapies, or 2) you are an intelligent layperson who is interested in a single book that presents all the major therapies and is willing to overlook a fairly bad explanation in roughly 50% of the chapters. I realize that people are interested in self-helping themselves and learning about how to make themselves feel better without resorting to therapy. But really, if you are depressed, neurotic, or just plain miserable, you would be better off seeing a therapist, even for just 6 to 8 weeks, than trying to slog your way thru this dreadful and dry and unrealistic book on the descriptions of various psychotherapies.
If you are at all academic, intelligent, artistic, or introverted, I strongly recommend Jung's Man and His Symbols instead. It will send you on the humanistic path to personal individuation, which is a wholly unexpected personal journey that only YOU can complete. Jung can give you the clues you need to make your life a happy one. On the other hand, this book is just a poor cook book for hapless students who are forced to read it.
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 Current Psychotherapies/Corsini and Wedding/7th ed/2005/InfoTrac ( neahsnumber )
This is a very thorough overview of the most popular psychotherapies today. I had to mentally prepare each time I sat down to read this book. Often times I felt the detail was unnecessary (ample detail) for the purpose of the text. However, my understanding of current psychotherapies is based on this book alone. My first Qtr of grad school/counseling/no psych background. I just got my hands on Corey, G. -- its a much easier read but, I am reading it after Corsini and Wedding. So you'll have to decide...Hope you enjoy!
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