Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy: Goals and Processes in Client Engagement

Geiger, Peter

ISBN 10: 0415789729 / ISBN 13: 9780415789721

Published by Routledge, New York, 2018

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Small quarto in white color illus wraps; xxxvi, 210 pages; bibliographical references and indexes. "[The book] answers three questions: What heals in counseling and therapy and how? What actions in clinical decision making ensure an optimal outcome for the client? And why are some clinicians more successful than others, apparently remaining so over time? Incorporating citations across multiple disciplines, referencing authorities in both CBT [Cognitive Behavioral therapy] and psychodynamic models, and interwoven with composite case material and session transcripts, this book unmasks the dialectic between goals and process in clinical work. " ? Publisher. Contents: Theory -- Evidence -- Relationship -- Conceptualization -- Treament -- Synthesis -- Transition -- Empathy -- Congruence -- Unconditional positive regard -- Intentionality. / Therapist and patient. Psychotherapy. Counseling. Medical personnel and patient. Counseling -- methods Psychotherapy -- methods Professional-Patient Relations Counseling Relations th?rapeutiques. Counseling. Relations personnel m?dical-patient. counseling. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. Medical personnel and patient. Counseling. Psychotherapy. Therapist and patient. Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and indexes. As new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy: Goals and Processes in Client Engagement
• Publisher: Routledge, New York
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415789729
• ISBN 13: 9780415789721
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: As new
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology & Education

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Synopsis

Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy answers three questions: what heals in counseling and therapy and how? What actions in clinical decision making ensure an optimal outcome for the client? And why are some clinicians more successful than others, apparently remaining so over time? Incorporating citations across multiple disciplines, referencing authorities in both CBT and psychodynamic models, and interwoven with composite case material and session transcripts, this book unmasks the dialectic between goals and process in clinical work.

About the Author

Peter Geiger is an educator, writer, and marriage and family therapist licensed in California. Between 2006 and 2013, he taught in the counseling psychology graduate program of the University of San Francisco. Geiger advises prelicensed and licensed clinicians on case conceptualization and countertransference. He is a consultant to and fellow of the Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling.