Fiecare capitol prezinta o forma de terapie, cu istoricul, principalele ipoteze teoretice, aspectele practice, „punctele tari” si limitele caracteristice, si exemple de caz care ilustreaza modul ei de aplicare. Sectiunile finale abordeaza consilierea si psihoterapia in contextul lor social, trainingul si supervizarea, precum si rezultatele celor mai recente cercetari in cadrul acestor discipline.
„O lucrare esentiala pentru consilieri, studenti si practicieni.(British Journal of Guidance and Counselling)
Windy Dryden is one of the leading practitioners and trainers in the UK in the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) tradition of psychotherapy. He is best known for his work in Rational-Emotive Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (RECBT), a leading CBT approach. He has been working in the field of counselling and psychotherapy since 1975 and was one of the first people in Britain to be trained in CBT and has trained with Drs. Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck, and Arnold Lazarus.
He has published over 200 books and has trained therapists all over the world, in as diverse places as the UK, the USA, South Africa, Turkey, and Israel.
He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
A really good book covering lots of different theraputic approaches, with information about the theory, a biography of the theorist and sections on the acquisition and perpetuation of psychological disturbance in each modality.
It can be very wordy at times the language is almost impenetrable but overall is one of the most useful resources I have used in my counselling studies.