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First published in 1994. This monograph proposes a scientific formulation of the art of psychotherapy. The recent recognition of this treatment process as a separate discipline makes imperative the understanding of its nature and the comprehension of those features common to all forms of psychotherapy, regardless of differences in technique or in school orientation. The book is divided into three sections: (1) Foundation deals with the relationship of psychotherapy to general biology, especially to growth and adaptation, and with the common features as well as the differences in the major approaches to psychotherapy; (2) Process presents a formulation of the essential phases and the dynamics of any psychotherapeutic relationship; and (3) Techniques presents some techniques which the authors have found useful in their own work as psychotherapists.
List of contents
Part 1 Foudation; Chapter 1 Science as a Creative Method; Chapter 2 Research in Psychotherapy; Chapter 3 The Biological Basis of Psychotherapy; Chapter 4 Adaptation; Chapter 5 Catalyzed Repair; Chapter 6 The Community and Psychotherapy; Chapter 7 Implicit and Explicit Psychotherapy; Chapter 8 Dynamic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Part 2 Process; Chapter 9 The Patient as a Person; Chapter 10 The Process of Psychotherapy; Chapter 11 Anxiety and Psychotherapy; Chapter 12 The Therapist as a Person; Chapter 13 Patient-Vectors in the Therapist; Chapter 14 Restatement of the Problem of Psychotherapy; Part 3 Techniques; Chapter 15 Some Techniques in Brief Psychotherapy;
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Whitaker, Carl A.; Malone, Thomas P.
Summary
First published in 1994. This monograph proposes a scientific formulation of the art of psychotherapy. The recent recognition of this treatment process as a separate discipline makes imperative the understanding of its nature and the comprehension of those features common to all forms of psychotherapy, regardless of differences in technique or in school orientation. The book is divided into three sections: (1) Foundation deals with the relationship of psychotherapy to general biology, especially to growth and adaptation, and with the common features as well as the differences in the major approaches to psychotherapy; (2) Process presents a formulation of the essential phases and the dynamics of any psychotherapeutic relationship; and (3) Techniques presents some techniques which the authors have found useful in their own work as psychotherapists.
