Handbook of Contemporary Psychotherapy: Toward an Improved Understanding of Effective Psychotherapy »

Steve Graybar received his B.S. in Psychology from Northern Arizona University. He received his M.A. in 1987 and Ph.D. in 1989 from the University of Nevada, Reno. Currently he divides his time between his work at the University of Nevada and his private practice. He was honored by the Nevada State Psychological Association for career contributions related to his seven years of work on the Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners.

William T. O'Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist and is widely recognized in the field for his proposed innovations in mental health service delivery, in treatment design and evaluation, and in knowledge of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapies.  He is a member of the Association for the Advancement for Behavior Therapy and served on the Board of Directors of this organization.  Dr. O'Donohue has an exemplary history of successful grant funding and government contracts.   Since 1996, he has received over $1,500,000 in federal grant monies from sources including the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Justice.  In addition, Dr. O'Donohue has published his work prolifically.  He has edited over twenty books, and written thirty-five book chapters on various topics and published reviews for seven books.  Furthermore, he has published more than seventy-five articles in scholarly journals.  Dr. O'Donohue is currently directing a major grant funded project involving integrated care.  This project is a treatment development/outcome evaluation project.  Specially trained psychologists are placed into primary care and five sets of variables areexamined:  1) patient satisfaction; 2) provider satisfaction; 3) clinical change; 4) functional change; and 5) medical utilization change.  Dr. O'Donohue is a national expert in training clinicians in integrated care and developing quality improvement projects in integrated care.  

Handbook of Contemporary Psychotherapy explores a wide range of constructs not captured in the DSM or traditional research but that play important roles in psychotherapy cases. To provide readers with a tool bag of practical techniques they can use in these cases, editors William O'Donohue and Steven R. Graybar present chapters written by leading clinical authorities on such topics as the process of change in psychotherapy, attachment and terror management, projective identification, terminating psychotherapy therapeutically, shame and its many ramifications for clients, dream work, boundaries, forgiveness, the repressed and recovered memory debate, and many others. Each chapter includes a definition of the construct, along with sections on theory, the construct's possible roles in pathology and treatment, measurement, intervention strategies, case illustrations, and future research.

Features

• Addresses in a practical manner complex patients who do not fall under empirically supported treatments or diagnostic categories
• Covers in a scholarly and clinically useful way critically important constructs often neglected in academic discourse
• Explores issues with measurement limitations in an intellectually honest manner
• Offers a tool bag of practical techniques

Of interest to both experienced psychotherapists and to beginning students who wish to better orient to the complexities of psychotherapy, the book is appropriate for all the major disciplines of psychotherapy, including psychiatry, psychology, social work, psychiatric nursing, marital and family therapists.

Introduction Where Science Meets Practice William O'Donohue O'Donohue, William Steven Graybar Graybar, Steven

1 The Scientist Practitioner and Dynamic Constructs Michael Lavin Lavin, Michael 1

2 The (Dramatic) Process of Psychotherapy Jeffrey K. Zeig Zeig, Jeffrey K. 23

3 Clinical Practice and the Issue of Repressed Memories: Avoiding an Ice Patch on the Slippery Slope William C. Follette Follette, William C. Deborah Davis Davis, Deborah 47

4 Theory and Methods for Studying the Influence of Unconscious Processes: Illustrations From Attachment and Terror Management Research Deborah Davis Davis, Deborah Aaron McVean McVean, Aaron 75

5 Mediation, Ego, and I: Who, Exactly, Is in Conflict? Kenneth Cloke Cloke, Kenneth 117

6 Family Influences and Ecological Context James W. Maddock Maddock, James W. Linda D. Friel Friel, Linda D. 143

7 A Psychoanalytic Understanding of the Death Instinct: Problems in Receiving the Good Object Robert Waska Waska, Robert 173

8 Countertransference: A Foundation of Psychotherapy Jeffrey H. Corpuel Corpuel, Jeffrey H. 195

9 Projective Identification Patricia M. Chatham Chatham, Patricia M. 227

10 Mindfulness: Being Mindful in Psychotherapy Akihiko Masuda Masuda, Akihiko Kelly Wilson Wilson, Kelly 249

11 The Science of Forgiveness David Antonuccio Antonuccio, David Robert Jackson Jackson, Robert 269

12 Dream-Work in Psychotherapy: A Narrative, Commonsense Approach Lois Parker Parker, Lois 285

13 Shame William K. Hahn Hahn, William K. 303

14 Treatment of Clients Who Are Struggling With Depression James C. Overholser Overholser, James C. Nicole J. Peak Peak, Nicole J. 321

15 Therapeutic Boundaries and EffectiveTherapy: Exploring the Relationships Ofer Zur Zur, Ofer 341

16 Terminating Psychotherapy Therapeutically Steven Graybar Graybar, Steven Leah Leonard Leonard, Leah 359

Author Index 393

Subject Index 403