A Consumers Guide to Psychotherapy

by Bruce Bongar, Larry E. Beutler, Joel N. Shurkin

With over 400 types of psychotherapy available, ranging from the highly effective to the highly questionable to the downright fraudulent, the task of choosing a therapist can be daunting. Now, this work gives you all the information you need to get the most effective help and to know when your therapy is working--or when it's time for a change.

Drawing on years of practical experience and the most up-to-date research, the authors give you...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195139208
• ISBN13: 9780195139204
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Psychotherapies effectively analyzed

Larry Beutler, Bruce Bongar, and Joel Shurkin have written a precise and most helpful book on various psychotherapies available. Although ostensively for the prospective client, it has proven to be a good text for teaching The Principles of Psychotherapy in my university for at least three years. Acknowledging that there are over 400 therapies to choose from, Beutler covers the 18 or so that have proven to be effective. I would liked to have had some specifics on a few therapies, but this research has proven significant enough to be cited in Worschel's book on Psychology and it places valid emphasis on transference, indicating that the relationship between therapist and client is paramount.