Responsive Psychotherapist

Jeanne C. Watson, PhD, C.Psych., is a professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE. University of Toronto, Canada. A major exponent of humanistic-experiential psychotherapy, she has contributed to the development of emotion-focused therapy. Dr. Watson has conducted psychotherapy outcome studies to examine the effectiveness of different approaches to psychotherapy and the active ingredients of change. She has coauthored and coedited multiple books, including Emotion-Focused Therapy for Generalized Anxiety with Leslie Greenberg. Dr. Watson was President of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2 4-2 5 and recognized as an APA Fellow in 2 3. Hadas Wiseman, PhD, is a professor chair of the doctoral studies committee in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the University of Haifa, Israel. She is also on faculty in the Weiss-Livnat International MA Program in Holocaust Studies. Her scholarly work and research focuses on the psychotherapy process, the therapeutic relationship, attachment in psychotherapy, personal and professional development of psychotherapists, and intergenerational trauma and interpersonal relationships in families of Holocaust survivors. She coedited Developing the Therapeutic Relationship with Orya Tishby. Dr. Wiseman is a certified clinical psychologist in private practice in Kiryat Tivon, Israel.

This edited volume on therapist responsiveness highlights vexing dilemmas faced by psychotherapy researchers who grapple with the dazzling complexity that is the relational enterprise between patient and therapist. A wide array of clinical phenomena illustrates how therapist responsiveness is at the core of what makes any psychotherapy work. - Lisa Wallner Samstag, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director of Psychotherapy Research, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY amp ldquo Responsiveness amp rdquo has been a buzzword in recent years without a clear delineation of what it means. Written by the experts in the field, this book finally gives us a glimpse of what it means to be responsive to clients, which, of course, we all want to be. Clinicians will benefit from this excellent book by being able to learn about how and when to be responsive to clients researchers will benefit from having clear guidelines about what responsiveness means and trainees will benefit from having expert wisdom about how therapy truly is implemented. - Clara E. Hill, PhD, Professor, Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park Responsiveness is arguably the most innovative and clinically valuable of contemporary clinical concepts. Watson and Wiseman amp rsquo s new book is a great contribution to the emerging literature on this topic, offering experience-near ways of understanding how this concept can be understood and helpfully applied across multiple theoretical approaches. - Barry A. Farber, PhD, Professor, Clinical Psychology Program, Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

• ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Exploring Responsiveness and Attunement in PsychotherapyJeanne C. Watson and Hadas WisemanPart I. The Case for Responsiveness Chapter . Responsiveness in Psychotherapy Research: Problems and Ways ForwardWilliam B. StilesChapter 2. Responsiveness, the Relationship, and the Working Alliance in PsychotherapyRobert L. HatcherChapter 3. Attachment Theory as a Framework for Responsiveness in PsychotherapyHadas Wiseman and Sharon EgoziChapter 4. Responsiveness to Ruptures and Repairs in PsychotherapyCatherine F. Eubanks, Joey Sergi, and J. Christopher MuranPart II. Responsiveness in Different Therapeutic ApproachesChapter 5. Responsiveness in Psychodynamic Relational PsychotherapyOrya TishbyChapter . Responsiveness in Control-Mastery TheoryGeorge SilberschatzChapter 7. Context-Responsive Psychotherapy Integration Applied to Cognitive Behavioral TherapyMichael J. Constantino, Brien J. Goodwin, Heather J. Muir, Alice E. Coyne, and James F. BoswellChapter 8. Responsiveness in Emotion-Focused TherapyJeanne C. WatsonChapter 9. Responsiveness and Therapeutic Collaboration in Narrative TherapyEug amp eacute nia Ribeiro, Miguel M. Gon amp ccedil alves, and Dulce PintoChapter . Therapist Responsiveness in Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting ParentsGary M. Diamond, Rotem Boruchovitz-Zamir, and Ofir Nir-GottliebChapter . Therapist Responsiveness in Treatments for Personality DisordersUeli KramerChapter 2. Enhancing Therapist Responsiveness in Dialectical Behavior TherapyJamie D. Bedics and Holly J. McKinleyChapter 3. Responsiveness in Integrative TherapiesJames F. Boswell, Brittany R. King, Carly M. Schwartzman, Rachel H. Wasserman, and Michael J. ConstantinoPart III. Integration and ConclusionsChapter 4. Meeting the Challenge of Responsiveness: Synthesizing PerspectivesJeanne C. Watson and Hadas WisemanIndexAbout the Editors