The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy When Therapy Works--And When It Doesn't |
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| Author:
| Bacal, Howard A.
Carlton, Lucyann |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7657-0769-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Jason Aronson |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $128.95 |
Book Description:
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The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy: When Therapy Works--And When It Doesn't presents specificity theory, a contemporary process theory of psychotherapy that holds that each therapist-patient dyad constitutes a unique reciprocal system, challenging us to reconsider how psychotherapy is optimally practiced and taught. The perspectives of specificity theory are corroborated by cutting-edge findings in neurobiology and infant research and alter traditional views of how we...
More Description The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy: When Therapy Works--And When It Doesn't presents specificity theory, a contemporary process theory of psychotherapy that holds that each therapist-patient dyad constitutes a unique reciprocal system, challenging us to reconsider how psychotherapy is optimally practiced and taught. The perspectives of specificity theory are corroborated by cutting-edge findings in neurobiology and infant research and alter traditional views of how we understand and utilize "theory," "response," and "relationship" in both treatment and training.