This enlightening new book provides insight into issues of major significance to practicing psychologists, educators, and psychologists in public service on the changing roles of psychotherapists. This collection of chapters is broad in scope and offers practical guidelines for clinicians to use in their own practice as well as discussions of important public policy issues. A wide range of topics are organized into six timely areas of concern:
the role of psychologists in health care
post-doctoral training for the specialty of psychotherapy
psychotherapists in independent settings versus managed health care settings
liability risks in treating dangerous and abusive patients
eclectic uses of the metaphor in psychotherapy
alternate treatment methods for reducing marital violence. Psychotherapy in Independent Practice not only describes the most current events relating to these issues, it also completely covers their implications for psychotherapists and gives specific guidelines and techniques for addressing these issues in private practice. Professionals will find comprehensive coverage of recent developments in the field as well as implications for the future of psychotherapy in this invaluable volume. The field of psychology is examined as a cost-effective and innovative component in health care including recommendations for the improved training and education of professional psychologists. Authoritative contributors debate the pros and cons of the psychologist's role in managed health care organizations. Cases and strategies for clinicians are presented relating to liability and confidentiality in psychotherapy with potentially dangerous patients. Also addressed is the duty to protect HIV-positive patients involved in high-risk behaviors. Innovative treatments are included such as the use of dreams and imagery in cognitive behavior therapy, guidelines for using meditation with abusive couples, strategies for treating battered women, and the use of metaphor in RET therapy. Psychotherapy in Independent Practice is a vital resource for today's practitioner.
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ISBN-13
978-1-56024-232-1 (9781560242321)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Contents I. Psychotherapists in Independent Practice and in Managed Health Care Settings--A Comparison
Overview and Introduction
Working Both in Private Practice and in the HMO
From HMO to Private Practice
Techniques in Independent Practice and Managed Health Care: Interviews with 43 HMO Psychotherapists
Managed Health Care: Boon or Bane of Psychologists in Private Practice?
II. Liability Risks in Treating Dangerous and Abusive Patients
Liability Risks in Treating Dangerous Patients: Introduction
Recent Developments in the Duty to Protect
Statutory Solutions to Liability in Duty to Protect Situations
Public Policy Issues in Applying the "Duty to Protect" to HIV-Positive Patients
III. Alternate Treatment Methods for Reducing Marital Violence
Introduction: Treatment Approaches at Various Stages in Abusive Relationships
Comprehensive Family Therapy in the Treatment of Spouse Abuse
Guidelines for Using Mediation With Abusive Couples
Treating Battered Women in the Aftermath Stage
IV. Post-Doctoral Training for the Specialty of Psychotherapy
Introduction
Postdoctoral Training for the Preparation and Regulation of Professional Psychologists
Postdoctoral Education and Training for the Practice of Psychotherapy
V. The Roles of Psychologists in Health Care
Psychological Practice in Hospitals
Psychologists: An Essential Component to Cost-Effective, Innovative Care
Psychologists: An Essential Component to Hospital Health Care
VI. Eclectic Uses of Metaphor in Psychotherapy
The Use of Metaphor in Rational-Emotive Psychotherapy
Humor as Metaphor
The Use of Dreams and Metaphor in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Discussant Comments from Eclectic Uses of Metaphor in Psychotherapy
Recommended Books, Texts, and Monographs
Reference Notes Included
