ABSTRACT
This book attempts to change some of these problems. When we say new contextual therapy, we mean no disrespect to those who have written about the contextual approach in previous years. Indeed, the work of others in the contextual therapy arena has changed our lives and has certainly changed the way we do therapy. Neither is the term new meant to give the connotation that the approach that we describe in these pages is the definitive work about contextual therapy. When we say new, we mean that this book makes every effort to make the concepts of contextual therapy more accessible to the student of therapy and to the clinician interested in mastering the approach.
