Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy

Bruce Bongar is Professor of Psychology at Pacific Graduate School and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the author of Suicide (Oxford 1993) and The Suicidial Patient and Series Editor for the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology. Dr Bongar is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology, a chartered psychologist of the British Psychological Society, and afellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Larry E. Beutler is Professor and Director of the Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Beutler is the editor of several books, including, Systematic Treatment Selection (with J. Clarkin), Psychotherapy Research (with M. Crago), and Comprehensive Handbook of Cognitive Therapy (with A. Freeman, K.E. Simon, and H. Arkowitz), and the editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. He isalso on the Editorial Board for the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Psychology, a fellow of APS, Past-President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and a member of the Fellows Committee, Division of Psychotherapy, AmericanPsychological Association.

"The authors of each of the chapters is well known, clearly identified with the approach being described, and well suited for the task . . . . The content is uniformly substantial and informative . . . . The taks of summarizing the current status of the psychotherapies is well done and serves its purpose as a potential textbook as well as a good resource for professionals."--Contemporary Psychology"This is the book I have been waiting for for years! Up-to-date, comprehensive, authoritative coverage of a suitable, contemporary array of pertinent topics."--Geoffrey Thorpe, University of Maine"Useful review."--Domeena Renshaw, Loyola University Medical School"A substantive compendium--comprehensive, scholarly and erudite. Among the very best texts in psychotherapy." --Anthony Marsella, University of Hawaii"An excellent contemporary survey of theory, practice, and research in psychotherapy , presented by seasoned clinicians and researchers."--William Lamb, UC-Berkeley"This cutting edge text comprehensively reviews state-of-the-art psychotherapeutic treatments in an eminently readable, "user-friendly" format....[D]estined to become a classic. Congratulations to Bongar and Beutler for the wide range of knowledge and depth of wisdom this volume brings to bear on psychotherapy."--William S. Pollack, Harvard Medical School"An excellent, clear readable text."--Ken Altshuler, M.D., University of Texas"Excellent text to prepare students for changes in psychiatric mental health care."--Professor Edna Hamera, Ph.D., University of Kansas

• PART I: THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ; 1. Unity and diversity among psychotherapies: A comparative perspective ; 2. Psychodynamic therapies in historical perspective ; 3. Psychodynamic therapies in practice: Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy ; 4. Behavioral therapies in historical perspective ; 5. Behavior therapy in practice ; 6. Depth existential therapy: Evolution since World War II ; 7. Experiential therapy in practice: The process-experiential approach ; 8. Cognitive-behavioral therapy in historical perspective ; 9. Cognitive therapies in practice ; 10. Group psychotherapy in historical perspective ; 11. Group therapy in practice ; 12. Family therapy in historical perspective ; 13. Family systems therapy in practice: A systemic couples therapy for problem drinking ; 14. Integrative and eclectic therapies in historical perspective ; 15. Integrative and eclectic therapies in practice ; PART II: PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ; 16. Psychotherapy with women in theory and practice ; 17. Counseling and psychotherapy with racial/ethnic minority groups in theory and practice ; 18. Therapy with children an adolescents ; 19. Psychotherapy with older adults in theory and practice ; 20. Brief and crisis psychotherapy in theory and practice ; PART III: RESEARCH METHODS, PROFESSIONAL ISSUES, AND NEW DIRECTIONS ; 21. Methods of psychotherapy research ; 22. Issues in the training of psychotherapists ; 23. Ethics in psychotherapy ; 24. The modern psychotherapist and the future of psychotherapy