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Case Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy (1996, 4th ed.)

A central client, Ruth, becomes the focus for the application of nine different therapies, including psychoanalytic, Adlerian,
person-centered, Gestalt, cognitive-behavior, and family systems.

The Compleat Therapist (1991)

Kottler reveals the techniques all good therapists have in common and combines the most effective healing therapies into one framework. These characteristics include the therapist’s personality, skillful thinking processes, communication skills, and intimate and trusting relationships. This book gives excellent insight into the characteristics of therapists that help clients improve regardless of the therapist’s theoretical orientation.

The Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy (1992)

This is a comprehensive manual on psychotherapy for consumers. Among the questions the authors ask and evaluate are:

The book is based on the clinical opinions of almost 1,000 therapists nationwide. Included are case studies and listings of mental health organizations, as well as therapist referral sources.

Counseling American Minorities (1999, 6th Ed.)

This book provides valuable information about counseling and psychotherapy with individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds. Entire sections are devoted to the American Indian client, the Asian American client, the African American client, and the Latino client. You might also want to read Psychotherapy and Counseling with Minorities (New York: Pergamon, 1991) by Manuel Ramirez.

Current Psychotherapies (1989, 2nd ed.)

Therapists from various schools of psychotherapy describe their approaches.

Five Therapists and One Client (1991)

Therapists who have five distinctive approaches to helping clients describe their conceptual orientation, therapy techniques, and demonstrate how they would likely work with the same fictitious client. The imaginary client is a relatively normal individual with unusual and persistent problems—a common client for psychotherapists in private practice. Four clear-cut systems of psychotherapy were selected: Alfred Adler’s individual therapy, Carl Rogers’s person-centered therapy, Albert Ellis’s rational-emotive therapy, and behavior therapy. Finally, a fifth therapy approach—eclectic therapy—was chosen. How therapists from these five different approaches would handle the same client serves as the core of the book, helping you to see distinctive ways therapists with different orientations conduct psychotherapy.

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim (1969)

Fritz Perls, the founder of Gestalt therapy, lays out the main ideas of his approach in vivid detail.

Great Cases in Psychotherapy (1979)

A complete description of a number of well-known cases in psychotherapy, including clients of Sigmund Freud, Fritz Perls, Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, and Carl Rogers.

National Alliance of the Mentally Ill

This is an alliance of self-help/advocacy groups concerned with severe and chronically mentally disordered individuals. The objective is to provide emotional support and practical guidance to families. The Alliance has resource materials available and publishes a monthly newsletter, NAMI Advocate.

Internet Resources

http://www.behavior.net/

Participate in on-line discussions about various therapy forms.

http://www.erols.com/leopold/webdoc7.htm

Consider a career in creative arts therapy.

http://www.azstarnet.com/~lehrman/

Explore eastern methods for making personal changes at this site.

http://www.webmart.net/~hkngfam/index.htm

Freudian Slips offers a comprehensive guide to therapeutic forms.

http://www.webmart.net/~hkngfam/index.htm

The White Buffalo society offers treatment based on principles from Native American traditions.

http://www.poey.demon.co.uk/linksj.htm

Explore family therapy interventions at this site.

http://www.pinkpractice.co.uk/

"The Pink Practice" provides mental health support to the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community.

http://www.healthguide.com/Therapy/sysdesens.stm

A guide for managing anxiety using systematic desensitization.

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