Understanding Therapy
How Different Approaches Solve Real-World Problems
Published on 21. October 2019
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4408-6508-4 (ISBN)
Description
This accessibly written book explores many types of psychotherapy, discussing the history, tenets, advantages, and shortcomings of each. It also compares and contrasts how different approaches address real-world mental health concerns.
Therapy and counseling have proved beneficial for tens of millions of Americans, whether to address a serious mental illness or for more everyday issues such as troubled relationships, stress, or grief. Studies suggest that approximately 80 percent of people who receive therapy find it beneficial. A number of effective schools of psychotherapy are available today, each with its own approach, strengths, and weaknesses.
Understanding Therapy: How Different Approaches Solve Real-World Problems explores different forms of psychotherapy using clear, non-technical language and a reader-friendly format. Part I provides important foundational information, including the historical development of psychotherapy, common misconceptions, and types of therapists. Each chapter in Part II profiles a different group of therapies, highlighting each one's history, key founders and proponents, tenets, and potential advantages and disadvantages. Part III features a series of real-world situations for which someone might seek therapy and illustrates how several different forms of therapy would address the problem. Readers will be able to compare and contrast these methods, learning how different types of therapy tackle the same issue in varying ways.
Therapy and counseling have proved beneficial for tens of millions of Americans, whether to address a serious mental illness or for more everyday issues such as troubled relationships, stress, or grief. Studies suggest that approximately 80 percent of people who receive therapy find it beneficial. A number of effective schools of psychotherapy are available today, each with its own approach, strengths, and weaknesses.
Understanding Therapy: How Different Approaches Solve Real-World Problems explores different forms of psychotherapy using clear, non-technical language and a reader-friendly format. Part I provides important foundational information, including the historical development of psychotherapy, common misconceptions, and types of therapists. Each chapter in Part II profiles a different group of therapies, highlighting each one's history, key founders and proponents, tenets, and potential advantages and disadvantages. Part III features a series of real-world situations for which someone might seek therapy and illustrates how several different forms of therapy would address the problem. Readers will be able to compare and contrast these methods, learning how different types of therapy tackle the same issue in varying ways.
Reviews / Votes
Nydegger presents an up-to-date overview useful in many settings. Suitable for the general public and for undergraduate and community college students. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. General readers. Students enrolled in two-year technical programs. * Choice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-6508-4 (9781440865084)
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E-Book
10/2019
1st Edition
Greenwood Press
€117.99
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Person
Rudy Nydegger, PhD, ABPP, FNAP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and professor emeritus of Union College and Union Graduate College in Schenectady, New York.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One Introduction to Psychotherapy
Chapter 1 What Is Psychotherapy?
Historical Developments
Needs and Issues
Status Today
Chapter 2 Common Misconceptions about Psychotherapy
Myths and Misconceptions
Cultural and Gender Biases in Psychotherapy
Fears and Faulty Expectations
Chapter 3 Types of Therapists: Where Do They Practice and How Are They Trained?
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Social Workers
Counselors
Medical Subspecialists
So Which Type of Provider Should You See?
Part Two Types of Psychotherapy
Chapter 4 Traditional Psychodynamic Therapies
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 5 Neo-Psychoanalytic Therapies
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 6 Humanistic and Existential Therapies
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 7 Cognitive Approaches
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 8 Behavioral Approaches
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 9 Group and Other Forms of Therapy
Group Therapy
Family Therapy
Other and Adjunctive Forms of Therapy
How Are These Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 10 Medical and Other Physical Approaches
History and Development
Basic Approaches and Their Contributions
How Are These Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Part Three Case Studies
Case 1: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Case 2: Panic Disorder
Case 3: Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
Case 4: Major Depression
Case 5: Persistent Depressive Disorder
Case 6: Bereavement
Case 7: Adjustment Disorder with Depression
Case 8: Personality Disorder
Case 9: Marital Difficulties
Case 10: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Case 11: School Phobia
Case 12: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Case 13: Bipolar Disorder
Case 14: Eating Disorder
Case 15: Intimate Partner Violence
Glossary
Additional Resources
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Part One Introduction to Psychotherapy
Chapter 1 What Is Psychotherapy?
Historical Developments
Needs and Issues
Status Today
Chapter 2 Common Misconceptions about Psychotherapy
Myths and Misconceptions
Cultural and Gender Biases in Psychotherapy
Fears and Faulty Expectations
Chapter 3 Types of Therapists: Where Do They Practice and How Are They Trained?
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Social Workers
Counselors
Medical Subspecialists
So Which Type of Provider Should You See?
Part Two Types of Psychotherapy
Chapter 4 Traditional Psychodynamic Therapies
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 5 Neo-Psychoanalytic Therapies
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 6 Humanistic and Existential Therapies
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 7 Cognitive Approaches
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 8 Behavioral Approaches
History and Development
Key Individuals and Their Contributions
How Is This Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 9 Group and Other Forms of Therapy
Group Therapy
Family Therapy
Other and Adjunctive Forms of Therapy
How Are These Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Chapter 10 Medical and Other Physical Approaches
History and Development
Basic Approaches and Their Contributions
How Are These Utilized Today?
Concerns and Critiques
Part Three Case Studies
Case 1: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Case 2: Panic Disorder
Case 3: Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
Case 4: Major Depression
Case 5: Persistent Depressive Disorder
Case 6: Bereavement
Case 7: Adjustment Disorder with Depression
Case 8: Personality Disorder
Case 9: Marital Difficulties
Case 10: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Case 11: School Phobia
Case 12: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Case 13: Bipolar Disorder
Case 14: Eating Disorder
Case 15: Intimate Partner Violence
Glossary
Additional Resources
Bibliography
Index