Counselling and Therapy An Introductory Survey

In discussing psychology and psychotherapy with students in both formal and informal settings, it has become obvious to me that many professionals and trainees in health, social service and education spheres often have misinformed, erroneous and often biased views of the aims, objectives and techniq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, R.B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I Introduction
  • 1 Some background and issues
  • Section II Psychoanalytic Approaches
  • 2 Psychoanalysis
  • 3 Neo-Freudian approaches
  • 4 Primal therapy
  • Section III Behaviourist Approaches
  • 5 Behaviour therapy: an overview
  • 6 Operant conditioning and token reinforcement
  • 7 Systematic desensitization
  • 8 Modelling
  • 9 Aversion therapy
  • 10 Behaviour modification: a panacea or an evil?
  • 11 Cognitive restructuring
  • Section IV Humanistic Approaches
  • 12 Humanistic-existential therapies — an overview
  • 13 The existential approach
  • 14 Rogers’ client-centred therapy
  • 15 Encounter groups
  • 16 Gestalt therapy
  • 17 Transactional analysis
  • Section V Some Eclectic Approaches
  • 18 Group therapy
  • 19 Family and marital therapy
  • 20 Social and environmental therapy
  • Section VI Some Issues in Evaluation
  • 21 Effective psychotherapies or effective therapist?
  • References