Handbook of Psychological Change: Psychotherapy Processes & Practices for the 21st Century

This collection of readings presents the state-of-the-art of clinical psychology! Each article, written by an expert in the field, presents the most exciting new developments and coming trends in psychotherapy. The result is a multifaceted preview of psychotherapy in the year 2000 and beyond!

Table of Contents:
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE. A Changing History of Efforts to Understand and Control Change: The Case of Psychotherapy (M. Mahoney). EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CHANGE. Randomized Clinical Trials in Psychotherapy Research: Methodology, Design, and Evaluation (D. Haaga & W. Stiles). Empirically Supported Treatments: A Critical Analysis (R. Ingram, et al.). COMPONENTS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CHANGE. Therapist Variables (E. Teyber & F. McClure). Stalking the Elusive Client Variable in Psychotherapy Research (N. Petry, et al.). Change at Differing Stages (J. Prochaska). Hope Theory: Updating a Common Process for Psychological Change (C. Snyder, et al.). The Long and Short of Psychological Change: Toward a Goal--Centered Understanding of Treatment Durability and Adaptive Success (P. Karoly & C. Anderson). Enhancing Perceived Control in Psychotherapy (S. Thompson & M. Wierson). PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES. Psychodynamic Approaches to Psychotherapy: Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Effective Practice (D. Vakoch & H. Strupp). Integrative Psychotherapy: Integrating Psychodynamic and Cognitive--Behavioral Theory and Technique (D. Westen). Existential Approaches to Psychotherapy (C. Fischer, et al.); Interpersonal Psychotherapy (I. Gotlib & P. Schraedley). Marital Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Empirical Status (D. Baucom, et al.). Groups as Change Agents (D. Forsyth & J. Corazzini). Constructivist and Narrative Psychotherapies (R. Neimeyer & A. Stewart). Feminist Therapy (L. Brown). Contemporary Behavior Therapy (W. Follette & S. Hayes). Cognitive and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (K. Dobson, et al.). Planned Short--Term Psychotherapies (B. Bloom). Long--Term Psychotherapy (P. Crits--Christoph & J. Barber). Psychopharmacology in Conjunction with Psychotherapy (M. Thase). PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH SPECIAL SAMPLES. Psychotherapy with Children and Families (M. Roberts, et al.). Childhood Maltreatment: Treatment of Abuse and Incest Survivors (A. Litrownik & I. Castillo--Canez). Brief Cognitive--Dynamic Treatment of Stress Response Syndromes (M. Horowitz). Health Psychology (T. Smith, et al.). Race and Ethnicity in Psychotherapy Research (B. Gray--Little & D. Kaplan). Psychotherapy with Older Adults (D. Gallagher--Thompson, et al.). PSYCHOTHERAPY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. The Roles of Female Clinical Psychologists in Changing the Field of Psychotherapy (C. Snyder, et al.). Future Directions for Prevention Science: From Research to Adoption (K. Heller, et al.). National Mental Health Issues (C. Kiesler). Critique of Psychotherapy in American Society (G. Albee). Psychotherapy: Questions for an Evolving Field (C. Snyder & R. Ingram). Training Future Psychotherapists (M. Mahoney). Indexes.