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The original edition of Klaus Grawe's book exploring the basis and need for a more generally valid concept of psychotherapy fueled a lively debate among psychotherapists and psychologists in German-speaking areas. Now available in English, this book will help spread the concepts and the debate among a wider audience. The book is written in dialog form. A practicing therapist, a research psychologist, and a therapy researcher take part in three dialogs, each of which builds on the results of the previous dialog. The first dialog explores how therapeutic change takes place, while the second looks at how the mechanisms of action of psychotherapy can be understood in terms of basic psychological concepts. Finally, in the third dialog, a psychological theory of psychotherapy is developed. The practical implications of this are clearly shown in the form of case examples, as well as guidance on indications and treatment planning. The dialog ends with suggestions as to how therapy training and provision of psychotherapy could be improved on the basis of the model of psychotherapy that has been developed.
About the author
Prof. Dr. Klaus Grawe, geboren 1943, 1963 - 1968 Studium der Psychologie in Hamburg und Freiburg i. Br.; 1969 - 1979 Klinischer Psychologe an der Psychiatrischen Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf, Schwerpunkt stationäre Psychotherapie; 1976 Promotion; 1979 Habilitation. Seit 1979 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Klinische Psychologie und Leiter der Psychotherapeutischen Praxisstelle der Universität Bern, seitdem Schwerpunkt ambulante Psychotherapie. Past President der Society for Psychotherapy Research und Gründungs-Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Psychotherapy Research. Autor zahlreicher Studien zu Fragen der Wirksamkeit und Wirkungsweise von Psychotherapie.
Summary
A discussion of psychological psychotherapy, showing how therapists must learn from researchers, and how researchers must learn from practising therapists. The work is written in dialogue form, the participants being a practising therapist, a research psychologist, and a therapy researcher.
