The Practice of Multimodal Therapy: Systematic, Comprehensive, and Effective Psychotherapy

Most patients in psychotherapy suffer from a multitude of specific problems. Effective treatment calls for a wide yet focused range of specific approaches. Arnold A. Lazarus, originator of multimodal therapy, shows how a variety of strategies and techniques are more likely to bring lasting change. Whether evaluating therapist-patient compatibility or choosing an appropriate technique, he stresses the need to fit the treatment to the patient.

The Practice of Multimodal Therapy offers a practical, step-by-step guide to every phase of assessment and therapy, from the initial interview to follow-up treatments aimed at preventing relapse once formal treatment is over. Transcripts of actual sessions and vignettes of crucial transactions illustrate specific strategies. Also included is a glossary of thirty-seven separate therapeutic techniques.

Arnold A. Lazarus is a Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. The recipient of many professional honors and awards, Dr. Lazarus is the author of more than 150 scientific articles. His many books include Behavior Therapy and Beyond, Multimodal Behavior Therapy, Marital Myths, In the Mind's Eye, and Casebook of Multimodal Therapy. He has a private practice in Princeton, New Jersey.