Description
Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World was inspired by two beliefs and a challenge. Previous generations of graduate students in counseling and clinical psychology chose their theoretical orientation from among the three or four classic approaches, but today graduate students are expected to learn about and choose their preferred therapy approach from among those classics plus many more. Our first belief is that graduate students should be learning about the different theoretical approaches from their champions rather than from one author’s interpretation of all the approaches. Our second belief concerns the dramatic shift in demographics of psychotherapy clients in the United States—from a predominantly White, European- American, middle- or upper-class client population to a client base far more diverse. We believe that today’s graduate students need to be aware of the difficulties experienced by non-majority (as well as majority) clients and to become skilled in the application of their chosen counseling orientation with these clients.
Based on these two beliefs, the challenge we accepted in writing Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World has been to introduce students to the theory and practice of the major approaches to psychotherapy (both traditional and contemporary in origin) and to illustrate how they are applied to diverse clients. To meet this challenge, we recruited chapter authors who meet two criteria. First, they are at “the top of their game,” well respected, and well known as leading experts in their chosen approach to psychotherapy. Second, each contributor is interested in the application of his or her approach to diverse clients.1 The result is a textbook that offers a unique combination of two key features: authentic contemporary authorship and true integration of diversity.
Although the concept of having experts describe their approaches to psychotherapies is not unique to this book, Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World is the only textbook in which the chapter authors are among today’s leading spokespersons for their approaches. As a result, both the history of each approach and the latest, cutting-edge theory and practice are presented, affording the reader an insider’s perspective, which includes exposure to the style and language used by adherents of the approach. The second unique feature of Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World is that it is the first textbook to fully integrate discussion and illustration of how the various approaches to psychotherapy are dealing with the ever-increasing diversity of the today’s clients and future clients.
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
About the Editors xvii
About the Contributors xix
Chapter 1 Introduction to Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World 1
Jon Frew and Michael D. Spiegler
Chapter 2 Ethics for a Diverse World 19
Melba J. T. Vasquez
Chapter 3 Psychoanalytic Therapy 39
Neil Altman
Chapter 4 Adlerian Therapy 87
Jon D. Carlson and Matt Englar-Carlson
Chapter 5 Existential Therapy 131
Clemmont E. Vontress
Chapter 6 Person-Centered Therapy 165
David J. Cain
Chapter 7 Gestalt Therapy 215
Jon Frew
Chapter 8 Behavior Therapy I: Traditional Behavior Therapy 259
Michael D. Spiegler
Chapter 9 Behavior Therapy II: Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy 301
Michael D. Spiegler
Chapter 10 Reality Therapy 339
Robert E. Wubbolding
Chapter 11 Feminist Therapy 373
Pamela Remer
Chapter 12 Family Therapy 415
Sandra A. Rigazio-DiGilio and Teresa McDowell
Chapter 13 Narrative Therapy 459
Kathie Crocket