Beyond the Therapeutic Relationship
Behavioral, Biological, and Cognitive Foundations of Psychotherapy
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 16. Juli 2014
330 Seiten
978-1-317-79079-2 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Seeking to transfer knowledge across ideological boundaries within a theoretically valid, scientific framework, Beyond the Therapeutic Relationship draws upon and relates existing research from psychotherapy and the allied fields of human behavior. Author Frederic J. Leger has successfully cut across multifarious therapies to create an integrated, high-order theory that unites psychotherapy's disparate forces. In the process, he addresses the theoretical underpinnings of the field of psychotherapy, the paradigm of the therapeutic relationship and its centrality to therapeutic change, the difficulties of creating a "scientific discipline" from the study of the psyche, and the factionalization of psychology into different competing schools.By exploring universal variables and how they fit into a causal nexus, Beyond the Therapeutic Relationship identifies transtheoretical processes of change that cut across diverse therapies. It also offers heuristic research direction and guidance in eclectic and integrative practice as it broadens the perspective on the psychotherapeutic encounter. Combining physiological, social, and psychological research into a transtheoretical psychodynamic theory, this important text discusses:
why the need for paradigmatic direction is urgent
bringing nonverbal variables to the therapist's working awareness or focus
how a small range of conceptual possibilities limits knowledge of human behavior
the lack of efficacy in psychotherapy
the psychobiological significance of intensive experiential exploration
formation of the "self" through language and discourse
integrative eclecticism within transtheoretical and common factors integrationPsychologists, psychiatrists, mental health therapists, and academics and students in psychology, psychiatry, and educational psychology now have a text that cuts across the multitude of therapeutic approaches to provide a theory that is empirically supported and grounded in the author's 25 years of clinical practice. As you will see, Beyond the Therapeutic Relationship discusses the current position of the field of psychotherapy, where it needs to go, specific strategies for getting there as well as alternative interventions beyond empathy and the therapeutic relationship.
why the need for paradigmatic direction is urgent
bringing nonverbal variables to the therapist's working awareness or focus
how a small range of conceptual possibilities limits knowledge of human behavior
the lack of efficacy in psychotherapy
the psychobiological significance of intensive experiential exploration
formation of the "self" through language and discourse
integrative eclecticism within transtheoretical and common factors integrationPsychologists, psychiatrists, mental health therapists, and academics and students in psychology, psychiatry, and educational psychology now have a text that cuts across the multitude of therapeutic approaches to provide a theory that is empirically supported and grounded in the author's 25 years of clinical practice. As you will see, Beyond the Therapeutic Relationship discusses the current position of the field of psychotherapy, where it needs to go, specific strategies for getting there as well as alternative interventions beyond empathy and the therapeutic relationship.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Für Beruf und Forschung
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13,76 MB
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978-1-317-79079-2 (9781317790792)
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Inhalt
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
INTRODUCTION
Attending to Therapeutic Catalysts
The Common Factors Hypothesis
The Need for Greater Scientific Grounding
The Need for Integration
Chapter 1. The Therapeutic Relationship: Beyond This Point of Convergence
Toward a Standardized Terminology
Interpersonal Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship
Nonverbal Behavior and the Therapeutic Relationship
Limitations of the Intrapsychic Approach to Psychotherapy Research
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 2. Universal Variables: Toward a Higher-Order Theory
A Discovery Investigation--Unraveling "What Has Already Occurred"
Narrowing the Research Focus
Developing a Common Framework
The Need for a Scientific Theory
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 3. Nonverbal Behavior, Information Processing, and Interpersonal Communication in Psychotherapy
An Overview of Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Communication Theory
Nonverbal Therapist Behavior as Nonspecific
Nonverbal Behavioral Research in Psychotherapy
Delineating Psychotherapeutic Variables
The Need for Operationalism in Psychotherapy
The Therapeutic versus Interpersonal Relationship
Facilitative versus Growth-Inhibiting Behaviors
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 4. Face-to-Face Interaction: The Behavioral, Biological, and Cognitive Relevance of Dominant Eye Contact in Psychotherapy
Eye Contact Research in Psychotherapy
The Significance of Eye Contact in the Therapeutic Relationship
The Significance of Eye Dominance in Psychotherapy
Eye Contact and Information Processing
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5. Intensive Experiential Exploration: The Psychobiological Significance of Client Verbalization and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy
The Self in Psychotherapy
Affect, Catharsis, and Self-Disclosure
Self-Disclosure as Therapeutic
Psychobiological Bases of Therapeutic Self-Disclosure
The Role of the "Other" in Reprocessing of Information
The Psychotherapeutic Implications of Penfield's Work
"Blocks" to Information Processing and Interpersonal Communication
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 6. The Talking Cure: Language as a Remedy for, and Source of, Neuroses and Incongruence
Linguistics and Psychotherapy
Seeking the Biological Bases of Language and Meaning
Cognitive and Psychobiological Change Through Language and Discourse
Language as a Bridge Between Mind and Brain
The Genesis of Discursive Psychology
Mind, Brain, and the Generation of Consciousness Through Language
Thought and the Formation of the Mind
Mind and the Phenomenon of Therapeutic Growth
Therapeutic Growth versus Mental "Illness"
Language and Discourse as a Remedy for Neuroses and Incongruence
Constructive Language Process, or the "Unconscious"?
Language and the Reconstruction of Personal Reality
Reprocessing Information Through Asymmetric Relationships
Therapeutic Outcome: Facilitating Self-Growth
The Asymmetrical Talking "Cure"
Autonomous Processes: The "Hardware" Underlying the "Software"
Language as a Source of Neuroses and Incongruence
Neural Limitations Underlying Reasoning
Bridging the "Gap" Without the "Black Box"
"Trapped" Within the Self
Anxiety as a Signal for Change
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 7. Facilitative Therapist Behaviors as a Modus Operandi: Integrative Eclecticism Within Transtheoretical and Common Factors Integration
Scientific Roadblocks
Facilitating the Re-Creation of the Client's "Design"
Toward Unifying the Person
Asymmetry as a Universal Psychotherapeutic Characteristic
Facilitative Face-to-Face Interacti
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
INTRODUCTION
Attending to Therapeutic Catalysts
The Common Factors Hypothesis
The Need for Greater Scientific Grounding
The Need for Integration
Chapter 1. The Therapeutic Relationship: Beyond This Point of Convergence
Toward a Standardized Terminology
Interpersonal Communication and the Therapeutic Relationship
Nonverbal Behavior and the Therapeutic Relationship
Limitations of the Intrapsychic Approach to Psychotherapy Research
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 2. Universal Variables: Toward a Higher-Order Theory
A Discovery Investigation--Unraveling "What Has Already Occurred"
Narrowing the Research Focus
Developing a Common Framework
The Need for a Scientific Theory
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 3. Nonverbal Behavior, Information Processing, and Interpersonal Communication in Psychotherapy
An Overview of Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Communication Theory
Nonverbal Therapist Behavior as Nonspecific
Nonverbal Behavioral Research in Psychotherapy
Delineating Psychotherapeutic Variables
The Need for Operationalism in Psychotherapy
The Therapeutic versus Interpersonal Relationship
Facilitative versus Growth-Inhibiting Behaviors
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 4. Face-to-Face Interaction: The Behavioral, Biological, and Cognitive Relevance of Dominant Eye Contact in Psychotherapy
Eye Contact Research in Psychotherapy
The Significance of Eye Contact in the Therapeutic Relationship
The Significance of Eye Dominance in Psychotherapy
Eye Contact and Information Processing
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5. Intensive Experiential Exploration: The Psychobiological Significance of Client Verbalization and Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy
The Self in Psychotherapy
Affect, Catharsis, and Self-Disclosure
Self-Disclosure as Therapeutic
Psychobiological Bases of Therapeutic Self-Disclosure
The Role of the "Other" in Reprocessing of Information
The Psychotherapeutic Implications of Penfield's Work
"Blocks" to Information Processing and Interpersonal Communication
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 6. The Talking Cure: Language as a Remedy for, and Source of, Neuroses and Incongruence
Linguistics and Psychotherapy
Seeking the Biological Bases of Language and Meaning
Cognitive and Psychobiological Change Through Language and Discourse
Language as a Bridge Between Mind and Brain
The Genesis of Discursive Psychology
Mind, Brain, and the Generation of Consciousness Through Language
Thought and the Formation of the Mind
Mind and the Phenomenon of Therapeutic Growth
Therapeutic Growth versus Mental "Illness"
Language and Discourse as a Remedy for Neuroses and Incongruence
Constructive Language Process, or the "Unconscious"?
Language and the Reconstruction of Personal Reality
Reprocessing Information Through Asymmetric Relationships
Therapeutic Outcome: Facilitating Self-Growth
The Asymmetrical Talking "Cure"
Autonomous Processes: The "Hardware" Underlying the "Software"
Language as a Source of Neuroses and Incongruence
Neural Limitations Underlying Reasoning
Bridging the "Gap" Without the "Black Box"
"Trapped" Within the Self
Anxiety as a Signal for Change
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 7. Facilitative Therapist Behaviors as a Modus Operandi: Integrative Eclecticism Within Transtheoretical and Common Factors Integration
Scientific Roadblocks
Facilitating the Re-Creation of the Client's "Design"
Toward Unifying the Person
Asymmetry as a Universal Psychotherapeutic Characteristic
Facilitative Face-to-Face Interacti
