Full Description
Mental health professionals have long debated what makes effective psychotherapy work. Is it a specific treatment modality, or a set of common factors such as a strong therapeutic relationship? In this book, J. Scott Fraser argues that both perspectives are correct. His transtheoretical, transdiagnostic framework identifies the process of change that underlies all effective treatments.
From this viewpoint, all client problems boil down to negative, recurring cycles of thought and behavior. The goal of psychotherapy is to disrupt or reverse those cycles. While successful treatment requires common factors linked with specific interventions, these components must be embedded in a therapeutic rationale that implies a direction for treatment. There are many possible amp ldquo correct amp rdquo rationales, so finding the one that best fits the client and therapist is the task of treatment planning. The book uses varied and compelling case examples, featuring different client problems and treatments, to illustrate a common process of change.
Both philosophically rich and highly practical, this book helps readers understand the complexity and promise of psychotherapy.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
Part I: Searching for What Works in Psychotherapy
Chapter : The Evolution From Empirically Supported Therapies to Evidence-Based Practices
Chapter 2: Changing Paradigms: What amp rsquo s in a Point of View?
Chapter 3: Change
Chapter 4: Process and Systems
Chapter 5: Context
Part II: Applying the Process Perspective to Specific Client Problems
Chapter : Anxiety
Chapter 7: Depression
Chapter 8: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 9: Couple Problems
Chapter : Family System Problems
Part III: From Process to Practice
Chapter : The Process of Change in Clinical Context
References
Index
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