Critical Issues in Psychotherapy

Richard N. Williams is founding Director of the Wheatley Institution. From 2001 through 2008, he served as an Associate Academic Vice President for Faculty and Professor in the department of Psychology at Brigham Young University. His specialty areas include the philosophical, theoretical and historical foundations of psychology, with concentration on issues related to human agency, as well the science of psychology and research methods and statistics. Williams has authored, co-authored, or edited numerous journal, articles, and books. He has been a visiting faculty member at Duquesne University and at Georgetown University. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University in Psychological Science and is a summa cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University. Williams and his wife Camille have 5 children and 18 grandchildren. Click here to see a full professional curriculum vitae. Sally H. Barlow, Ph.D., has taught in the Psychology Department at Brigham Young University for 33 years where she received the Karl Maeser Award for Excellence in teaching. She has co-edited 2 books, and authored a third, published many articles and books chapters. An international expert in group psychotherapy, she has conducted workshops all over the world, and has served in a number of positions in professional organizations promoting the evidence-based practice of 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."

• Issue 1Empirically Supported TreatmentsWhat′s a Non-Behaviorist to Do? - Marian S BerginCommentaryIssue 2Assessment - Constance T FisherPsychological AssessmentFrom Objectification Back to the Life World - Steven Lars NielsenCommentaryIssue 3Biologization of Psychotherapy - Richard N WilliamsThe Biologization of PsychotherapyUnderstanding the Nature of Influence - Louis A MoenchCommentatorIssue 4Spirituality - Sally H Barlow and Allen E BerginThe Phenomenon of Spirit in a Secular Psychotherapy - Lorna Smith BenjaminCommentaryIssue 5Culture - Lisa Tsoi HoshmandPsychotherapy as an Instrument of Culture - Lynne A BennionCommentaryIssue 6Managed Care - David E PolkinghorneManaged Care ProgramsWhat Do Clinicians Need? - Lynne D JohnsonCommentatorIssue 7Individualism - Frank C RichardsonIndividualism and Modern Psychotherapy - Judy NormanCommentaryIssue 8Scientist-Practitioner Model - Hendrika Vande KempThe Patient-Philosopher Evaluates the Scientist-PractitionerA Case Study - James M HarperCommentaryIssue 9Free Will//Determinism - Joseph F RychlakPsychotherapy as Practical TeleologyViewing the Person as an Agent - Diane L SpanglerCommentaryIssue 10Eclecticism - Brent D Slife and Jeffrey ReberEclecticism in PsychotherapyIs It Really the Best Substitute for Traditional Theories? - Ted Packard and Kay PackardCommentatorIssue 11Postmodernism - Barbara S HeldWhat it Means for Psychotherapy - And What It Doesn′t - Amy Fisher-SmithCommentaryIssue 12Multiculturalism - Blaine J FowersCulture, Identity and LoyaltyNew Pathways for a Culturally Aware Psychotherapy - Agnes M PlenckCommentatorIssue 13Diagnosis - Robert L WoolfolkObjectivity in Diagnosis and TreatmentA Philosophical Analysis - Daniel K JuddCommentaryIssue 14Feminism - Jeanne MarecekBringing Feminist Issues to Therapy - Marybeth RaynesCommentaryConclusion - Daniel RobinsonThe Values of Psychotherapy