Understanding therapy: how different approaches solve real-world problems
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 exp…
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- Full title :Understanding therapy : how different approaches solve real-world problems / Rudy Nydegger.
Summary
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 the 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. --
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- Publication Date:2019
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Greenwood
- Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, California
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 232 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781440865091, 1440865094
- oclc:on1110658863
- LC Classification:RC475
- Dewey Decimal:616.89/14
Table of Contents
Part one. Introduction to psychotherapy -- part two. Types of psychotherapy -- part three. Case studies.
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