How Psychotherapy Works: Process and Technique

by Joseph B. Weiss

Book Overview

In the landmark volume, THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS, Joseph Weiss presented a bold, original theory of the therapeutic process. Now, in HOW PSYCHOTHERAPY WORKS, Weiss extends his powerful theory and focuses on its clinical applications, often challenging many familiar ideas about the psychotherapeutic process.

Weiss' theory, which is supported by formal, empirical research, assumes that psychopathology stems from unconscious, pathogenic beliefs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898625483
• ISBN13: 9780898625486
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book for those in therapy!

This is a great book for those in therapy too. It explains transference, dream interpretation, testing your therapist ... and it explains the best way for the therapist to react to all that. So far it is the best book I have read on the subject. It really helped me to understand myself better.

Tremendous

Truly a master work by Weiss. This book is a must-read for any practicing clinician or student of psychotherapy. It adds an entire dimension to the psychotherapeutic process, one in which the therapist plays a significant role in changing the patient's beliefs through his or her interaction with the patient. The perplexities of therapy become understandable with the help of this essential text.