Counseling and Psychotherapy Essentials: Integrating Theories, Skills, and Practices

Actual psychotherapeutic practice is predominantly eclectic - therapists mix schools and methods as they seek to address their clients’ needs. Yet psychotherapy textbooks are still stuck in clinical pigeonholes and are often more committed to a theoretical position than to helping students learn how to be effective in the therapy hour. Here students will find a textbook that brings their classroom experience into agreement with the demands of actual clinical practice.