Foundations of Clinical and Counseling Psychology

This text covers the foundations of professional psychology in the "real world", and offers the fundamental theories, methods and empirical findings in the field. Chapters can be read and understood independently of each other for greater syllabus flexibility, but also make connections and built towards the concept of psychotherapy integration. All relevant topics are covered in detail and are completely up-to-date. Coverage includes object relations and self psychology within the analytic school, the latest integrative client-centred approaches, dialectical behaviour therapy and other recent developments. The book accomplishes the difficult task of integrating theory, research and practice across a wide range of different areas in an organized fashion. Other features include - a new chapter on psychotherapy integration, a new chapter on diversity; ultra-flexible organization and new research.