The Handbook of Individual Therapy

Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach.  He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT.He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey and Israel.He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.Andrew Reeves is an Emeritus Professor in the Counselling Professions and Mental Health and Associate Affiliate Professor at the University of Malta.  He is additionally a Senior BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist, a Registered Social Worker and a Senior Accredited Coach and Coach Supervisor with EMCC. He is a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Fellow of BACP and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. He has published extensively on working in counselling and psychotherapy, and particularly in working with risk in a range of organizational settings. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Counselling and Psychotherapy Research and has a long-standing commitment to ethics in the counselling professions, including in writing and research.

Once again, the latest edition of the Handbook of Individual Therapy offers a masterful overview of the various approaches to ′healing the psyche′ which are available in Britain today. The Handbook puts the different therapeutic traditions in a cultural and historical context, and offers an up-to-date view of the nature of psychotherapy as it is currently practiced. Each chapter uses a standard format which offers the reader a clear pathway through the key issues, and the work is brought alive with in-depth case studies. The Handbook of Individual Therapy continues to be the book that one turns to when looking for a clear introduction to the broad range of talking cures that are  offered in the UK today.

• The Cultural Context of British Psychotherapy - Colin FelthamPART ONE: THE PSYCHODYNAMIC TRADITIONPsychodynamic Therapy: Contemporary Freudian Approach - Jessica YakeleyPsychodynamic Therapy: The Independent Approach - Kevin JonesPsychodynamic Therapy: Jungian and Post-Jungian Approaches - Ann CasementPsychodynamic Therapy: The Kleinian Approach - Julia Segal PART TWO: THE HUMANISTIC-EXISTENTIAL TRADITIONPerson-Centred Therapy - Mike WorrallExistential Therapy - Emmy van DeurzenGestalt Therapy - Dave MannTransactional Analysis - Charlotte SillsPART THREE: THE COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL TRADITIONCognitive Therapy - Stirling MooreyRational Emotive Behaviour Therapy - Windy DrydenCompassion-Focused Therapy - Paul Gilbert and Chris Irons Behavioural Activation - Pierce J. O′Carroll PART FOUR: OTHER SPECIFIC APPROACHESCognitive Analytic Therapy - Mark DunnSolution-Focused Therapy - Alasdair J. MacdonaldInterpersonal Therapy - Susan HowardPART FIVE: BROADER DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIVIDUAL THERAPYMindfulness in Individual Therapy - Jody Mardula and Frances LarkinNarrative Therapy - Martin Payne The Transpersonal in Individual Therapy - John RowanIntegrative Therapy - Henry HollandersPluralistic Therapy - John McLeod, Julia McLeod, Mick Cooper and Windy DrydenPART SIX: PROFESSIONAL ISSUESResearch in Individual Therapy - Andrew Reeves The Training and Supervision of Individual Therapists - Greg Nolan, Jane Macaskie & Bonnie Meekums