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Author Scaturo, Douglas J.

Title Clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy : a transtheoretical approach to psychotherapy integration / Douglas J. Scaturo.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]
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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-242) and index.
Summary "The concept of clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy has been difficult to conceptualize because of their nondiscrete quality. The varieties and range of clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy challenge attempts at taxonomy and categorization. In part, because of the inseparable and inherently interpersonal character of psychotherapeutic treatment, clinical dilemmas are ever present within the psychotherapeutic context, regardless of the type of therapy or theoretical framework being used or the availability of a therapy manual for consultation. Other theorists have also postulated concepts that have transtheoretical relevance as well. When Bandura (1977a) first advanced the notion of self-efficacy in treatment, he viewed this as a potentially unifying concept in behavior change processes. In sum, like the concepts of stages of change, self-efficacy, or the therapeutic alliance rupture, the perspective advanced presently is that the notion of the clinical dilemma in psychotherapy, whether predominantly technical or ethical or admixture, transcends the particular mode of therapy being used by the clinician (Scaturo, 2002b). Psychotherapists, regardless of their particular theoretical persuasions, frequently find themselves grappling with similar judgment calls in the treatment of a given patient or family (Scaturo, 2001). The comprehension of this complex notion, in both its technical and ethical realms, likely differentiates the professional psychotherapist from the behavioral technician and may ultimately lead to the patient's improvement and betterment." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Contents Part I. Clinical Dilemmas: An Introduction. 1. Fundamental clinical dilemmas in psychotherapy: introduction to a transtheoretical concept -- 2. The evolution of psychotherapy: the dilemma of integration versus manualization -- Part II. Clinical Dilemmas Among Diverse Approaches to Treatment. 3. Psychodynamic and insight-oriented psychotherapy: focus and comprehensiveness, confrontation and support -- 4. Cognitive behavior therapy: balancing the directive and nondirective elements of treatment -- 5. Marital and couple therapy: the therapist's dilemmas with dyads -- 6. Family systems therapy: dilemmas of codependency and family homeostasis -- 7. Group psychotherapy: multiple dilemmas with multiple patients -- Part III. Clinical Dilemmas in Therapeutic Process. 8. Transference, countertransference, and resistance: unconscious determinants of dilemmas -- 9. Therapeutic neutrality, self-disclosure, and boundary management: dilemmas of therapeutic engagement -- Part IV. Clinical Dilemmas in Psychotherapy Integration: Theory, Practice, and Historical Context. 10. A three-phase learning-based integrative model of psychotherapy: the therapeutic alliance, technical interventions, and relearning -- 11. Integrative psychotherapy in clinical practice: an illustration of dilemma management -- 12. Dilemmas, dialecticism, and integration in the history of psychology: toward synergy and synthesis.
Note Description based on print version record.
GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Eclectic psychotherapy.
Cognitive therapy.
Psychotherapists -- Professional ethics.
Psychotherapist and patient.
Psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy -- ethics.
Professional-Patient Relations.
Other Form: Original (DLC) 2004022391
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