ABSTRACT

Contains the highlights of a conference that brought together the foremost theoreticians and clinicians of virtually every type of psychotherapy. The text includes the presentations, discussions, and debates of 23 seminal leaders.

part I|76 pages

Family Therapists

chapter 2|8 pages

Symbolic Experiential Family Therapy

Model and Methodology

chapter 3|10 pages

Zen and the Art of Therapy

chapter 4|12 pages

Stories of Psychotherapy

chapter I|3 pages

Discussion by Cloé Madanes

part II|63 pages

Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches

chapter 8|11 pages

Clinical/Therapeutic Effectiveness

Banning the Procrustean * Bed and Challenging 10 Prevalent Myths

chapter II|3 pages

Discussion by Jay Haley, m.a.

chapter 9|9 pages

Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Origins, Tenets, and Clinical Examples

chapter 10|9 pages

Toward Better Results in the Treatment of Depression

The Analysis of Individual Dynamics

chapter II|2 pages

Discussion by Thomas Szasz, m.d.

part III|27 pages

Humanistic Approaches

chapter 11|9 pages

The Self in Action

A Gestalt Outlook

chapter 12|10 pages

The Betrayal of the Human

Psychotherapy's Mission to Reclaim Our Lost Identity

part IV|32 pages

Psychoanalytic Therapies

chapter 13|12 pages

The Vital Therapeutic Alliance with Borderline and Narcissistic Patients

A Developmental, Self and Object-Relations Approach

chapter 14|8 pages

The Essence of Dynamic Psychotherapy

part V|35 pages

Body Approaches

chapter 15|10 pages

Bioenergetlc Analysis

A Mind–Body Therapy

chapter 16|16 pages

The Wave Nature of Consciousness

A New Direction for the Evolution of Psychotherapy

part VI|47 pages

Contemporary Approaches

part VII|41 pages

Social Issues

chapter 20|10 pages

Eve's Daughters

The Forbidden Heroism of Women *

chapter 21|7 pages

The United States v. Drugs

chapter VII|6 pages

Discussion hy Rollo May, ph.d.

part VIII|8 pages

Benediction