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Psychotherapy, like most other areas of health care, is a synthesis
of scientific technique and artistic expression. The practice, like
any other, is grounded in a series of standardized principles,
theories, and techniques. Individual practitioners define
themselves within the field by using these basic tools to achieve
their therapeutic goals in novel ways, applying these rudimentary
skills and guiding principles to each situation. However, a toolbox
full of treatment approaches, no matter how comprehensive, is not
enough to effectively reach your patients. Effective work can only
be accomplished through a synthesis of the fundamental scientific
methods and the creative application of these techniques,
approaches, and strategies. The Art and Science of Psychotherapy
offers invaluable insight into the creative side of psychotherapy.
The book addresses the fundamental split between researchers and
scholars who use scientific methods to develop disorder-specific
treatment techniques and those more clinically inclined therapists
who emphasize the individual, interpersonal aspects of the
therapeutic process. With contributions from leading therapists,
the editors have compiled a practical handbook for clinical
psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and mental health
professionals.
Psychotherapy, like most other areas of health care, is a synthesis
of scientific technique and artistic expression. The practice, like
any other, is grounded in a series of standardized principles,
theories, and techniques. Individual practitioners define
themselves within the field by using these basic tools to achieve
their therapeutic goals in novel ways, applying these rudimentary
skills and guiding principles to each situation in new and exciting
ways. Effective work can only be accomplished through a synthesis
of the fundamental scientific methods and the creative application
of these techniques, approaches, and strategies.
In recognition of these two basic skill sets within the field, and
acknowledging that they are often taught exclusively of each other,
Dr. Hofmann and his co-editor have compiled a group of leading
therapists to give insight into the creative side to psychotherapy.
Central to this collection is the premise that a toolbox full of
treatment approaches, no matter how comprehensive, is not enough to
effectively reach your patients. The aim of this book is first to
address the fundamental split between the researchers and scholars
who use scientific methods to develop disorder-specific treatment
techniques and those more clinically inclined therapists who
emphasize the individual, interpersonal aspects of the therapeutic
process. Ad secondly, once this polarization of approaches is
clearly defined, contributors will systematically unearth and
explore the variety of unspecific, subtle factors in psychotherapy
that are often overlooked by even those therapists who are
conscious of interpersonal theories. 18 chapters are broken up into
three main sections, focusing on the client-therapist relationship,
models of therapeutic change, and more specific issues that arise
during therapy. Chapters will be written with a clear emphasis on
the practical relevance to therapy and will include many case
examples and excerpts of patient-clinician dialogues.
*Provides a state-of-the-art understanding of unconscious
processes, their role in psychological functioning, and their
importance to psychotherapy. *Highlights the clinical relevance of
theories and empirical findings, leaving readers with a clear
direction for applying what is known. *Covers social, clinical,
experimental, and cognitive perspectives. *Will inform the work of
researchers, theorists, and clinicians.
Often working under severely restricted academic and social
conditions, the Latvian scholar Joel Weinberg has made a unique and
important contribution to biblical studies. Influenced by Soviet
work in ancient Near Eastern history, Weinberg's distinctive
approach is in dialogue with scholarship in both Eastern and
Western European traditions. This translation brings together seven
essays originally published in Russian, then translated and
expanded by Weinberg into German. The essays form the basis of what
was originally Weinberg's dissertation. Publication of these essays
in English will not only allow students and scholars easier access
to Weinberg's thought, but will allow scholars to evaluate the
studies together, and thus facilitate the current dialogue on the
Babylonian exile, and the postexilic period.
*Provides a state-of-the-art understanding of unconscious
processes, their role in psychological functioning, and their
importance to psychotherapy. *Highlights the clinical relevance of
theories and empirical findings, leaving readers with a clear
direction for applying what is known. *Covers social, clinical,
experimental, and cognitive perspectives. *Will inform the work of
researchers, theorists, and clinicians.
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