Essential Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Dr. Carlos Zalaquett is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at The Pennsylvania State University, where he also serves as co-coordinator of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Specialization. He is the vice president for the United States and Canada of the Interamerican Society of Psychology and the president-elect of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Counselors Association.Dr. Allen Ivey earned his doctorate in counseling at Harvard University and is distinguished university professor (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a past president and fellow of the Society for Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association, as well as fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race and the Asian American Psychological Association.Dr. Mary Bradford Ivey earned her doctorate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A fellow of the American Counseling Association, her elementary guidance program was named one of the top ten in the United States. She has lectured widely throughout the United States and internationally, and is the author of multiple books, chapters, and articles.

We have now considerable knowledge about effective counseling and therapeutic interventions. However, much is still unknown regarding the mechanisms through which these empirically based interventions operate. Counselors and psychotherapist need to be aware of the most effective psychosocial mechanism that positively or negatively influence neuroplasticity across various stages of development. For the last decades neuroscience research has substantially contribute to clarify those mechanisms. We are now starting to more clearly understand the relationship between brain, mind, and health. In this new edition, Zalaquett, Ivey, Ivey do a fantastic job in showing how neuroscience findings can be translated into more effective counselling and psychotherapy intervention. This is an essential reading for all the health providers committed to the promotion of positive brain plasticity in mental health." —Óscar F. Gonçalves, Ph.D., Neuropsychophysiology Lab, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Spaulding Neuromodulation Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School"This is a foundational textbook for aspiring counselors and psychotherapists; it will serve them extremely well in their journey to become empathic, intentional, culturally competent, humble practitioners. The authors have masterfully distilled decades of theoretical developments, research and practice to achieve an insightful, readily accessible, integrative account of what makes counseling and psychotherapy work. Readers are actively engaged through relevant, reflective exercises that will help them clarify their own stances vis-à-vis some of the most complex matters they are bound to face as mental health practitioners." —Andrés J. Consoli, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara"[This book] provides a refreshing resource to aid in the teaching of foundational theories of counseling and psychotherapy. This text emphasizes modern applications of traditional theories with an emphasis on multiculturalism and neuroscience. The accessible language, reflective exercises, and relevant examples of this text will surely be a go-to resource for educators and students alike." —Eric T. Beeson, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, CRC, Core Faculty, The Family Institute at Northwestern University