Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide - Paperback

by Jeffery Smith (Author)

AcknowledgmentsForeword by Dr. James Bourgeois1. Introduction
PART I: How Therapy Works2. Layers of Pathology3. The Affect Avoidance Model4. Avoidance Patterns and Mechanisms5. How Affects Are Healed6. A Context of Connection7. Motivation, Internal and External8. A Developmental Primer
PART II: What Therapists Do9. Conducting an Initial Assessment10. Conducting Generic Talk Therapy11. Building and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship12. Working with the Inner Child13. Adjustments
PART III: A Catalog of EDPs14. Seven Behavioral EDPs15. Addictions16. The First Helper: Emotion17. The Second Helper: Conscience-Based Emotion18. The Third Helper: Thoughts19. Involuntary Symptoms: Grief and Depression20. Involuntary Symptoms: Anxiety-Related Problems21. Involuntary Symptoms: Trauma and Dissociation22. Going Forward

Back Jacket

This title combines the many schools of thought on psychotherapy into one reader-friendly guide that coaches psychotherapists through the various techniques needed as the field expands. Unlike any other book on the market, this text considers all of the simultaneous advances in the field, including the neurobiology of emotions, the importance of the therapeutic relationship, mindfulness meditation, and the role of the body in healing. Written with genuine respect for all traditions from CBT to psychodynamics, the book unifies views of psychopathology and cure based on the notion of the mind-brain as an organ of affect regulation. The book accounts for the tasks that characterize psychotherapist activity in all therapies, how they are performed, and how they result in therapeutic change. The book also reviews the various pathologies seen in general practice and guides the reader to the specific therapist-patient interactions needed for their resolution.
With its big-picture focus on clinical practice, Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide is a concise resource for students, psychotherapists, psychologists, residents, and all who seek to integrate what is new in psychotherapy.

Author Biography

Jeffery Smith, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York MedicalCollege, Valhalla, New York.