Case Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy

by Gerald Corey

CASE APPROACH TO COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, Eighth Edition, vividly illustrates how major counseling approaches work with a single client, Ruth. Dr. Corey provides solid examples of psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, family systems, feminist, and postmodern theories in action. Dr. Corey applies each therapeutic approach to a single client, illustrating how the various theories work and helping you see exactly how the techniques differ. Well-respected and widely recognized practitioners serve as guest commentators, offering their unique perspectives on Ruth's case. Commentators include founders of some of the therapies, such as William Glasser for choice theory and reality therapy, Arnold Lazarus for multimodal therapy, and Albert Ellis for rational emotive behavior therapy.

Genres: Psychology, Counselling, School, Textbooks, Nonfiction

324 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 1982

About the author

Gerald Corey is an author, consultant, counselor, and educator. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Counseling at the University of Holy Cross.

Reviews

[Charla Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This little book is the companion book to the Theory and Practice of Counseling Techniques and Psychotherapy book. It actually gives you practice cases to work on, which was very helpful in helping you to learn how to apply the different psychological theories. I have liked all of Gerald Corey's textbooks, and this one was no exception.

[Olwen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dense reading, heavy going. The concept of examining one case from many different theoretical and treatment perspectives is great, but the delivery is turgid

[Heiki Eesmaa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Üks neist raamatutest, millega kaob igasugune kirg nõustamise suhtes. Võimalik, et asi on tõlkes. Ma kahtlustan, et tänaseks on ka sisu aegunud: näiteks on teada, et reaalsusteraapia rajaja ise loobus reaalsusteraapia tegemisest.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a helpful resource to use in conjunction with Corey's book on the theories of counseling and psychotherapy because it gave actual examples of the therapy. Some chapters were better than others, but it was nice to have a variety of authors writing from their theoretical perspective.

[Carrol Lindsay]

I really like Dr. Corey's approach using a case study to delineate the theories of psychotherapy.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, short, helpful examples. I enjoyed each one and they made the diagnoses real.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read an older version. It's helpful to see the different perspectives one right after another and using the same case study.

[Christie Gribschaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Corey and Stan are the best!