Handbook of psychological change / C. R. Snyder and Rick E. Ingram.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I.Psychotherapeutical change in perspective . 1.A changing history of efforts to understand and control change: the case of psychotherapy. Michael J. Mahoney -- Part II.Effectiveness of psychotheraputic change. 2.Randomized clinical trials in psychotherapy research: methodology, design, and evaluation. David A. F. Haag and William B. Stiles -- 3.Empirically supported treatmentsL a critical analysis. Rick E. Ingram, Adele Hayes, and Walter Scott -- Part III.Components of psychotherapeutic change -- 4.Therapist variables. Edward Teyber & Faith McClure -- 5.Stalking the elusive client variable in psychotherapy research. Mancy M. Petry, Howard Tennen, and Glenn Affleck -- 6.Chage at differing stages. James O. Prochaska -- 7.Hope theory: updating a common process for psychological change -- C. R. Snyder, Stephen Illardi, Scott T. Michael, and Jen Cheavens -- 8.The long and short of psychological change: towards a goal-centered understanding of treatment and durability and adaptive success. Paul Karoly and CIndy Wheeler Anderson -- 9.Enhancing perceived control in psychotherapy. Suzanne C. Thompson and Michelle Wierson -- Part IV.Psychotherapeutic approaches -- 10.Psychodynamic approaches to psychoterapy: philosophical and theoretical psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral theory and technique. Drew Westen -- 12.Existential approaches to psychotherapy. Constance T. Fischer, Brian McElwain, and J. Todd DuBoise -- 13.Interpersonal psychotherapy. Ian H. Gotlib and Pamela K. Schraedley -- 14.Marital therapy: theory, practice, and empirical status. Donald H, Baucom, Norman Epstein, and Kristina Coop Gordon -- 15.Groups as change agents. Donelson R. Forsyth and Joihn G. Corazzini -- 16.Constructivist and narrative psychotherapies. Robert A. Neimeyer and Alan E. Stewart -- 17.Feminist theory. Laura S. Brown -- 18.Contemporary behavior therapy. William C. Follet and Steven C. Hayes -- 19.Cognitive and cognitive behavioral therapies. Keith S. Dobson, Barbara J. Backs-Dermott and David J. A. Dozois -- 20.Planned short-term psychotherapies. Bernard Bloom -- 21.Long-term psychotherapy. Paul Crits-Christoph and Jacques P. Barber -- 22.Psychopharmacology in conjunction with psychotherapy. Michael T. Thase -- Part V.Psychotherapy with special samples -- 23.Psychotherapy with children and families. Michael C. Roberts, Eric M. Vernberg, and Yo Jacksonn -- 24.Childhood maltreatment: treatment of abuse and incest survivors. Alan J. Litrownik and Idalia Castillo-Can~ez -- 25.Brief cognitive-dynamic treatment of stress response syndromes. Mardi J. Horowitz -- 26. Health psychology. Timothy W. Smith, Jill B. Nealy, and Heidi A. Hamann -- 27.Race and ethnicity in psychotherapy research. Bernadette Gray-Little and Danielle Kaplan -- 28.Psychotherapy with older adults. Dolores Gallagher-Thomposn, Christina McKibbin, Darrell Koonce-Volwiler, Ana Menendez, Douglas Stewart, and Larry W. Thompson -- Part VI.Psychotherapy into the 21st century -- 29.The roles of female clinical psychologists in changing the field of psychotherapy. C. R. Snyder, Diane S. McDermott, Tuth Q. Leibowitz, and Jen Cheavens -- 30.Future directions for prevention science: from research to adoption. Kennth Heller, Mary F. Wyman, and Sean M. Allen -- 31.National mental health issues. Charles A. Kiesler -- 32.Critique of psychotherapy in American society. George W. Albee -- 33.Psychotherapy: questions for an evolving field. C. R. Synder and Rick E. Ingram -- 34.Training future psychotherapists. Michael J. Mahoney.

This book is a series of writings by forward-thinking scholars in the field of psychotherapy. Chapters deal with such controversial topics as: the licensing of social workers to practice psychotherapy; & gender issues within the profession.