The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy: When Therapy Works-And When It Doesn't

by Howard A. Bacal and Lucyann Carlton

Book Overview

The Power of Specificity in Psychotherapy: When Therapy Works--And When It Doesn't presents specificity theory, a contemporary process theory of psychotherapy that holds that each therapist-patient dyad constitutes a unique reciprocal system, challenging us to reconsider how psychotherapy is optimally practiced and taught. The perspectives of specificity theory are corroborated by cutting-edge findings in neurobiology and infant research and alter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442235063
• ISBN13: 9781442235069
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"