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Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis

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Comprehensive, systematic, and balanced, Systems of Psychotherapy uses a wealth of clinical cases to help readers understand a wide variety of psychotherapies - including psychodynamic, existential, experiential, interpersonal, exposure, behavioral, cognitive, third wave, systemic, multicultural, and integrative. The ninth edition of this landmark text thoroughly analyzes 15 leading systems of psychotherapy and briefly surveys another 32, providing students and practitioners with a broad overview of the discipline.

The book explores each system's theory of personality, theory of psychopathology, and resulting therapeutic process and therapy relationship. Through these explorations the authors clearly demonstrate how psychotherapy systems agree on the processes producing change while diverging on the elements in need of change. Additionally, the authors present cogent criticisms of each approach from cognitive-behavioral, psychoanalytic, humanistic, cultural, and integrative perspectives. This ninth edition features updated meta-analytic reviews of the effectiveness of each system, new sections on Lacanian analysis, mentalization therapy, and psychotherapy with gender nonconforming people, as well as new sections and updates throughout the text.

560 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

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44 reviews
January 13, 2016
برای ورود به دنیای روان درمانی کتاب مناسبی است
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April 3, 2025
کتاب "نظریه‌های روان‌درمانی: سیستم‌های روان‌درمانی - تحلیل بین‌نظری" نوشته‌ی جیمز پروچاسکا و همکارانش به بررسی و تحلیل نظریه‌های مختلف روان‌درمانی می‌پردازد.

این کتاب به طور خاص بر روی مقایسه و تحلیل بین نظریه‌های مختلف تمرکز دارد و تلاش می‌کند تا نقاط قوت و ضعف هر یک از این نظریه‌ها را شناسایی کند.

مقدمه

این فصل به معرفی هدف کتاب و اهمیت تحلیل بین‌نظری در روان‌درمانی می‌پردازد. نویسنده به این نکته اشاره می‌کند که با وجود تنوع نظریه‌ها، بسیاری از آن‌ها می‌توانند به یکدیگر مرتبط شوند و از یکدیگر یاد بگیرند.

تاریخچه روان‌درمانی

در این فصل، تاریخچه‌ی روان‌درمانی و تحول نظریه‌ها از زمان فروید تا کنون بررسی می‌شود. نویسنده به نقاط عطف مهم در توسعه‌ی روان‌درمانی و تأثیر آن بر رویکردهای معاصر اشاره می‌کند.

نظریه‌های روان‌تحلیلی

این فصل به بررسی نظریه‌های روان‌تحلیلی، از جمله نظریه فروید و پیروان او، می‌پردازد. پروچاسکا تأکید می‌کند که چگونه مفاهیم ناخودآگاه و انتقال در این نظریه‌ها نقش مهمی ایفا می‌کنند.

نظریه‌های رفتار درمانی

در این بخش، نظریه‌های رفتار درمانی و اصول اساسی آن‌ها، مانند شرطی‌سازی کلاسیک و عامل، مورد بررسی قرار می‌گیرد. نویسنده به تأثیر این رویکردها بر درمان‌های مدرن اشاره می‌کند.

نظریه‌های شناختی

این فصل به بررسی نظریه‌های شناختی، از جمله CBT (درمان شناختی-رفتاری) می‌پردازد. پروچاسکا توضیح می‌دهد که چگونه افکار و باورها بر احساسات و رفتارها تأثیر می‌گذارند.

نظریه‌های انسانی-وجودی

در این بخش، نظریه‌های انسانی-وجودی، از جمله کارل راجرز و آبراهام مازلو، مورد بررسی قرار می‌گیرد. نویسنده به اهمیت خودآگاهی و رشد شخصی در این رویکردها اشاره می‌کند.

نظریه‌های سیستماتیک

این فصل به بررسی رویکردهای سیستماتیک در روان‌درمانی، از جمله خانواده‌درمانی و سیستم‌های اجتماعی، می‌پردازد. پروچاسکا بر روی تعاملات بین اعضای خانواده و تأثیر آن بر سلامت روان تأکید می‌کند.

رویکردهای یکپارچه

در این بخش، نویسنده به بررسی رویکردهای یکپارچه در روان‌درمانی می‌پردازد که سعی دارند عناصر مختلف نظریه‌ها را ترکیب کنند. این رویکردها به دنبال ایجاد یک مدل جامع‌تر برای درمان هستند.

ارزیابی و آینده روان‌درمانی

این فصل به ارزیابی اثربخشی روش‌های مختلف روان‌درمانی و چالش‌های آینده این حوزه می‌پردازد. نویسنده به لزوم تحقیق بیشتر و توسعه‌ی مدل‌های جدید تأکید می‌کند.
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December 10, 2013
Kinda disappointing for a $200+ book. At first I was excited - it looked like a great idea. But after a few chapters I realized that the first and intro chapters contained the whole learning of the book, and I don't think I got much out of anything else. The chapters were mostly a more in-depth review of the theories of psychotherapy that I was already fairly well versed in. I think a better volume is Duncan et al.'s 2010 work: The Heart and Soul of Change - much more new research and insight.
So - I have this to sell if anyone's lookin'!
87 reviews
December 21, 2024
Very interesting book for psychologists. Although the part on research of each system seemed to me inconclusive. It seemed like all the psychotherapies have almost the same effectiveness and no single meta analysis has been able to really find a therapy system that is superior to others. If that is so, what's the point of reading this book anyway?
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June 19, 2009
I know a textbook right? This is the only textbook that I read cover to cover and found it fascinating. I didn't know how many systems of Psychotherapy there are. They all have good points for different reasons except Feminist Therapy which is whack.
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February 22, 2021
Excelente libro que compara los modelos terapéuticos más utilizados y conocidos e intenta integrar sus conceptos más importantes
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January 25, 2022
اولین کتاب تخصصی روانشناسی بود که خوندم و بسیار کتاب شیرین و دوست‌داشتنی هستش، تنها ایرادش شاید نپرداختن به درمان‌های جدیدتر است.
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June 13, 2019
One of the few text books from my bachelors studies which I refused to sell after completion of its attached course. I still own this text of course and have it in my room next to some other psychology texts which I feel are worth use as solid academic references. As it is a text book, it's not the most inspiring read however that is not the goal of the book. What the book is supposed to accomplish however, it does in spades. Contains great discussion and analysis on many of the most common forms of psychotherapy which comprise the general body of work done in therapy sessions across the western world. The language is not so jargon heavy that non psychology students would struggle to grasp its concepts, but it is detailed and comprehensive enough that those who are interested in using the text for the advancement of their career path in psychology will have a lot to work with.
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24 reviews
December 27, 2023
کتاب بسیار روان و منسجمیه.خصوصا برای شناخت انواع رویکردهای درمانی .
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March 31, 2009
I haven't finished teaching the course yet, but I think I can review the book at this point. My students found this text convoluted and cumbersome to read, but that may say more about their skills than about the book itself as their academic backgrounds are weak, by and large. Personally, I found this text thorough and informative. I'm not sure I would have organized the chapter sections the same way they did -- I wasn't crazy about the way they broke up the "Therapeutic Content" sections, although I see the benefit. Overall, though, I think this is a good text for students. As a teacher, I found it helpful to supplement the text with other texts but that would probably be the case no matter which text I assigned.
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February 21, 2008
Very balanced, interesting presentation of not only the theories and techniques of psychotherapy, but one that delved into the personal life and background of the major theorists. I liked the biographical aspect the most.
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July 28, 2010
Yes, I read an entire textbook on my own time. I don't really know what I'm talking about in the Land of Psych quite yet, but this book seems to be a good survey of therapies.
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162 reviews11 followers
January 6, 2011
a great read- comparative analysis of many different theories, and practical too.
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