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The Essence of Psychotherapy: Reinventing the Art for the New Era of Data

Cummings, Nicholas A.

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Table of contents
  • Contentsix
  • Acknowledgmentsv
  • About the Authorsvii
  • Chapter 1. What Are Best Practices,Ž Anyway?1
  • Manuals, Manuals Everywhere, for Every Type of Shrink3
  • Guidelines versus Standards4
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Standardization5
  • Garbage in, Garbage out8
  • Not all Psychological Procedures Are Psychotherapy11
  • Will Medication Replace Psychotherapy?14
  • Will Other Psychological Treatments Replace Psychotherapy?15
  • The Death and Resurrection of Clinical Romanticism16
  • The Best a Profession Can Be18
  • Chapter 2. Psychotherapy Is an Amalgam of All Techniques and Competencies21
  • Therapeutic Amalgams and Effectiveness22
  • Psychotherapy Is Behavioral25
  • Psychotherapy Is Cognitive27
  • Psychotherapy Is Psychodynamic30
  • Psychotherapy Is Strategic32
  • Psychotherapy Is Humanistic35
  • Psychotherapy Is Also Psychopharmacology37
  • Chapter 3. The Anatomy of Psychotherapy41
  • Psychotherapy Is Not Paid Compassion41
  • Psychotherapy Is Not Protracted43
  • Psychotherapy Is Not Just Insight45
  • Psychotherapy Is Not Catharsis46
  • Key Ingredient 1: Psychotherapy Is a Corrective Emotional Experience47
  • Key Ingredient 2: Psychotherapy is Conducive to Growth and Change51
  • Key Ingredient 3: Psychotherapy Is an Understanding of the Transference Relationship56
  • Key Ingredient 4: Understanding the Patients Modus Operandi„the Parataxic Distortions64
  • Key Ingredient 5: Understanding the Patient’s Inner Conflicts66
  • Key Ingredient 6: Symptom Reduction73
  • All the Key Ingredients at Work: An Illustration77
  • Chapter 4. Effective Psychotherapy as Focused, Intermittent Psychotherapy Throughout the Life Cycle81
  • Elements Shared by All Effective Psychotherapies82
  • Technique Is Dependent Upon Theory86
  • Focused Psychotherapy Transcends Any Single Theory, But It Is Not Eclectic87
  • The Ideal First Session88
  • Onion and Garlic Psychodynamics91
  • Taking Cognizance of the Landscape94
  • Powerful Ways to Facilitate Psychotherapy97
  • Chapter 5. Intermittent, Focused Psychotherapy Throughout the Life Cycle101
  • Denise: Forty Years of Intermittent Focused Psychotherapy, 1959 to 1999103
  • Chapter 6. Psychotherapy’s New Horizons123
  • The Future: One House, One Patient, One System125
  • The Populations and Settings127
  • Elements of Targeted Programs130
  • Characteristics and Utility of Targeted Group Models132
  • Prevention versus Cost-Containment136
  • Two Examples of Targeted Group Models137
  • A Vision of the Future142
  • Chapter 7. New Notes on Old Masters145
  • Siegfried Bernfeld, Ph. D. , and Sigmund Freud, M. D.148
  • Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, M. D.149
  • Erik H. Erikson152
  • Eric Berne, M. D.153
  • Franz Alexander, M. D.155
  • Paul Watzlawick, Ph. D.156
  • Florence Mateer, Ph. D.158
  • Milton H. Erickson, M. D.160
  • Chapter 8. A Sampling of Current Masters167
  • The Case of Gene: Simon H. Budman, Ph. D.168
  • The Case of Barbara: Elizabeth and James F. T. Bugental, Ph. D.173
  • Medicare„The Case of Sonya: Paula Hartman-Stein, Ph. D.181
  • Danny„A Case of Panic Disorder: Steven C. Hayes, Ph D.188
  • John„The Present is a Gift: Michael F. Hoyt, Ph. D.193
  • The Case of Gilda„Shotgun Therapy: Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph. D.209
  • Lorraine„Breaking Through Defenses to Grief: Leigh McCullough, Ph. D.216
  • Emma„Hyperconstriction and Complexity: Kirk J. Schneider, Ph. D.230
  • The Case of Bob„Family Therapy with a Problem Child: Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph. D.235
  • A Final Comment239
  • Chapter 9. Extreme Therapy: The Power of Psychotherapy241
  • Dan’s Date with Death243
  • Chapter 10. Epilogue249
  • References255
  • Index248
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780121987602
  • ISBN-13 9780080518831
  • Author Cummings, Nicholas A.
  • Category Psychology
  • Subject Clinical Psychology

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The Essence of Psychotherapy traces the common thread in all psychotherapy approaches--behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, strategic, and humanistic--and defines this "essence" as a set of fundamental principles and ultimate objectives that must be preserved in the face of increased standardization in the field. While today's therapist is guided by protocols and manuals, psychotherapy, in practice, remains an art. Nicholas and Janet Cummings have gathered case studies of master therapists to illustrate the essential process of successful therapy and to show that, as an art, it is both teachable and verifiable.

* Illustrated with case studies
* Analyses the techniques of six master psychotherapists in their work with difficult patients