Bloomsbury Academic Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories, Associated Research, and Issues

This book provides a contemporary approach to counseling and psychotherapy theories. Many of the chapters are brief, and experiential exercises are presented that help bring the theories to life. Each chapter has an overview and summary, key terms are in boldface type, and many chapters have glossaries. Also, examination questions are provided toward the end of each chapter. This book also provides coverage of the DSM-IV and the new ethical principles of ACA and APA. Contents: Overview; Associated Research: Counseling and Psychotherapy Efficacy Research; Foundational Theories: Criteria for Evaluating Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories; Overview of Traditional Psychoanalytic and Other Prominent Psychoanalysts; Adlerian Counseling: Precursor to Cognitive-Behavioral Theories; Cognitive-Behavioral Theories: Level III Counseling Theories; Bandura's and Other Social-Learning Theories; Ellis's Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy; Multimodal Behavior Therapy; Cognitive Therapy; Cognitive-Behavior Modification; Personal Constructs Psychotherapy; Transactional Analysis: A Primarily Cognitive approach to Counseling; Reality Therapy: A Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling Approach; Affective Theories: Existential Therapy; Perl's Gestalt Therapy: Affective-Experiential Level III Counseling Theory; Roger's Person-Centered Counseling: Levels I and II Counseling Theory; Alcohol and Drug Counseling. Review An excellent text for students and professionals in the field of counseling and psychotherapy. The author provides the reader with a clear and concise overview of the often difficult to understand research issues in psychotherapy in an easy readable style. Therapists and researchers now have a text where these difficult research issues are explained and strategies provided. This text will be a significant addition to the libraries of those providing psychotherapy and conducting research.--Purcell Taylor, Jr., University of Cincinnati Sapp discusses the often subtle and sometimes surprisingly sharp differences between theories frequently regarded as being very similar...presents the reader with a unifying framework within which to evaluate each theory...is appropriate for use with master's-level students in counseling psychology.--Patricia O'Reilly, University of Cincinnati "Contemporary Psychology " This text is so thorough and so complete on so many different forms of therapy that it will certainly aid in my teaching.--Judith Frankel, University of Cincinnati About the Author Marty Sapp is a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.