Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice: Skills, Strategies, and Techniques

Learn various counseling and psychotherapy theories throughauthentic examples led by actual practitioners working with realclients

This comprehensive two-DVD set promotes student learning byillustrating the theories covered in the textbook Counseling andPsychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice, Second Editionby John and Rita Sommers-Flanagan. The DVDs can be used inconjunction with this text or as a stand-alone teaching tool in anycourse covering psychotherapy theories and techniques.

Unique in its presentation of real clinicians from a variety ofwork settings—including school and collegecounselors—working with actual clients, the DVDs:

• Feature practitioners and clients who represent ethnic, gender,age, and religious diversity
• Model how to develop positive therapeutic relationships withclients using different theoretical perspectives
• Help students not only understand the differences betweentheories, but also the difference between theory and technique
• Offer commentary by the authors on how the clinician in thesession made decisions from a theoretical perspective as well aswhy a particular theoretical approach was appropriate for aspecific client

Exploring Psychoanalytic, Adlerian, Existential,Person-Centered, Gestalt, Behavioral, Cognitive-Behavioral,Reality, Feminist, Solution-Focused, and Family Systems theories,these two DVDs shed light on how to implement techniques associatedwith these theories in practice with clients.

System requirements:

• TV or computer DVD player
• Windows® XP, Vista, or 7; MacOS® 10.4 or later
• 512 MB RAM
• A DVD drive

Approximate run time: 4:25
(Disk 1: 2:04; Disk 2: 2:21)