Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change

by Michael Barkham (Editor), Wolfgang Lutz (Editor), Louis G. Castonguay (Editor)

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a best-selling and renowned reference in psychotherapy research and practice. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary and in its seventh edition, Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, maintains its position as the essential reference volume for psychotherapy research. This bestselling reference remains the most important overview of research findings in psychotherapy. It is a rigorous and evidence-based text for academics, researchers, practitioners, and students. In recognition of the 50th anniversary, this edition contains a Foreword by Allen Bergin while the Handbook covers the following main historical and methodological issues, measuring and evidencing change in efficacy and practice-based research, therapeutic ingredients, therapeutic approaches and formats, increasing precision and scale of delivery, and future directions in the field of psychotherapy research. Chapters have either been completely rewritten and updated or comprise new topics by contributors   Characteristics of effective therapists  Mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies  Personalized treatment approaches The internet as a medium for treatment delivery  Models of therapy and how to scale up treatment delivery to address unmet needs The newest edition of this renowned Handbook offers state-of-the-art updates to the key areas in psychotherapy research and practice today. Over 60 authors, experts in their fields, from over 10 countries have contributed to this anniversary edition, providing in-depth, measured and insightful summaries of the current field.

Genres: Psychology

827 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 11, 2021

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

disclaimer that I'm co-author of a chapter in it. Surprised to see no one else has rated yet -- maybe they're still reading, as it is long and not really a page-turner for the bedside. More of a reference.

Consistent with all prior editions, it's very comprehensive, and you can find detailed, balanced research reviews on nearly any topic you can imagine in the realm of psychotherapy. Many chapters include their own novel quantitative reviews.

Even I am not biased enough to single out our chapter on cognitive behavioral therapy, so instead I'll say that the chapter by Hollon et al. on combining psychotherapy and medications is fantastic. Not just a good updated review of the literature on this topic for various disorders (especially important in relation to long-term effects), but also a novel work of scholarship on how the results in these areas might reshape our thinking about what even is a disorder vs. evolved adaptation.