Systems, Strategies, and Skills of Counseling and Psychotherapy

This book categorizes theories into four groups based on their focus—background, emotions and sensations, thoughts or actions, and behaviors—and provides meaningful and coherent organization of both well-established and emerging approaches to counseling and psychotherapy. An engaging writing style connects content to the reality of counseling practice, promotes skill development, and clearly highlights the relationship between research, theory, and practice. By the conclusion of the book, readers will have learned the important theories in the field and will have developed some competence in the essential skills of the clinician. Key chapters cover Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, Alfred Adler and individual psychology, Carl Jung and Jungian analytical psychology, Carl Rogers and person-centered counseling, Gestalt Therapy, Aaron Beck and cognitive therapy, and Albert Ellis and rational emotive behavior. For professionals in counseling, psychology, social work, and human development programs.