International dictionary of psychotherapy /
The International Dictionary of Psychotherapy is a systematized compendium of the numerous psychotherapiesthat have evolved over the past30 years. With contributions from over 350 experts in the field, it highlights the diverse schools of psychotherapy, tracing their histories and traditions, while...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2084871 |
| Summary: | The International Dictionary of Psychotherapy is a systematized compendium of the numerous psychotherapiesthat have evolved over the past30 years. With contributions from over 350 experts in the field, it highlights the diverse schools of psychotherapy, tracing their histories and traditions, while underlining their specific strengths in dealing with human behaviours, feelings and perceptions in the contemporary world. The book traceseight principal paradigms: psychodynamic, behavioural, existential-humanistic, body-expression, systemic-relational, cognitive, interactional-strategicand eclectic. It presents to the expert and non-expert reader an array of models that grew from a specific paradigm, sharing the same fundamental epistemology and therapeutic strategies. This is accomplished through a reader-friendly approach that presents clear definitions of the key constructs of each paradigm, and transversal concepts that are common to the diverse practices of psychotherapy. The International Dictionary of Psychotherapy provides a clear picture of the numerous types of psychotherapeutic treatments and their applications, while offering a close examination of the efficacy and evaluative methods developed as a result of numerous debates and research carried out within the psychotherapeutic community. It represents an essential resource for psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic practitioners and students, regardless of background or creed. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780429024788 0429024789 9780429656163 0429656165 9780429658600 0429658605 9780429653728 0429653727 9780367110949 9780367110932 |