Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration

Contemporary psychotherapists have come to realize that, given the complexity of human behaviour, no one theory can ever suffice to explain all situations, disorders, and clients. Over the past three decades, the ideological cold war and "dogma eat dogma" ambience have abated as clinicians look across and beyond single-school approaches to see what can be learned - and how patients can benefit - from alternative orientations. This volume provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art description of therapeutic integration and its clincial practices by the leading proponents of the movement. After presenting the concepts, history, research, and belief structures of psychotherapy integration, the book considers two exemplars of theoretical integration, technical eclectism, and common factors. The authors review integrative therapies for specific disorders, including anxiety, depression, and borderline personality disorder, along with integrative treatment modalities, such as combining individual and family therapy and integrating pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The book concludes with a section on training and a look at future directions. Replete with clinical vignettes, this unique handbook is invaluable to practitioners and researchers alike.

Table of Contents:
Preface ; About the Editors ; About the Contributors ; PART 1: CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ; 1. Psychotherapy Integration: Setting the Context ; 2. A History of Psychotherapy Integration ; 3. Psychotherapy Outcome Research: Implications for Integrative and Eclective Therapists ; 4. A Critical Examination of Belief Structure in Integrative and Eclective Psychotherapy ; PART 2: INTEGRATIVE AND ECLECTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY MODELS ; A: Common Factors ; 5. Eclective Psychotherapy: A Common Factors Approach ; 6. Integration Through Fundamental Similarities and Useful Differences Among the Schools ; B: Technical Eclectism ; 7. Multimodal Therapy: Technical Eclectism with Minimal Integration ; 8. Systematic Eclective Psychotherapy ; C: Theoretical Integration ; 9. The Transtheoretical Approach ; 10. Cyclical Psychodynamics and Integrative Psychodynamic Therapy ; PART 3: INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIES FOR SPECIFIC DISORDERS ; 11. Integrative Psychotherapy of the Anxiety Disorders ; 12. A Common Factors Therapy for Depression ; 13. Integrative Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Dialetical Behavior Therapy ; PART 4: INTEGRATIVE TREATMENT MODALITIES ; 14. Differential Therapeutics: Macro and Micro Levels of Treatment Planning ; 15. Integrating Therapeutic Modalities ; 16. Integrating Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy ; PART 5: TRAINING AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS ; 17. Training in Psychotherapy Integration ; 18. Core Issues and Future Directions in Psychotherapy Integration