Used in top counseling, psychology, and social work programs, CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES is the ideal resource to not only help you excel in the course, but also to learn, compare, and apply the major systems of psychotherapy in a way that will be meaningful in your own practice. Each contributor is either an originator or a leading proponent of one of the systems, and each presents the basic principles of the system in a clear and straightforward manner, discussing it in the context of the other systems. Theory chapters include a case example that guides you through the problem, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up process. Accompanying CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPIES is CASE STUDIES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, each case demonstrates the basic techniques and methods of the theory being illustrated. This edition retains classic case studies by Harold Mosak, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Arnold Lazarus, and Peggy Papp.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Buyer Beware!:

This was advertised as an 8th edition book and I was sent the 7th edition. I am now having to purchase the 8th edition. This was over a $100 mistake...I am now having to go through Amazon to try to get reimbursed.

Excellent Summaries of Various Therapies:

I found this book at a thrift store and liked the summaries of the various therapies that I found. Many of them were short and to the point, and said everything more concisely than some books did with more pages and words. I must admit that I did not read about all the therapies in the book, but only the ones that I liked. There is a section on the "Focusing" work of Gendlin that is excellent and gives some detail not found in his classic book in the field. While it is only a few pages long, I found them... more info

Best Book for Clinical Psychology Course:

This is, by far, my favorite book for use in teaching a Clinical Psychology course. The most appealing component of this book is that it uses theoretical formulators or significant contributors to the perspectives presented(ie., Beck, Ellis, Rollo & May, etc.) as original authors whenever possible. There are, unfortunately, some problematics in the chapters written by others (e.g., the author of the classical psychoanalysis chapter indicating, naively, that Freud's theory was deterministic - ignoring,... more info

A disappointment, but good for masters students:

I am taking a masters course that reviews the major theories of counseling, and this is the one and only book required for that course. I have the 7th edition, but he 8th is very similar. I am sorry to report that this book, while a good starting point for a master's student who is required to do outside research for papers, etc., is poorly and unevenly written and rarely does justice to the topic being presented. In particular, most of my fellow students thought the presentation of Gestalt therapy and... more info

Accessories:

DVD-Theories in Action

Author: Edward S. Neukrug
Binding: CD-ROM
ISBN: 0495501212
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

$40.95