Emotion in Psychotherapy : Affect, Cognition, and the Process of Change

Greenberg, Leslie S.; Safran, Jeremy D.

ISBN 10: 0898620104 / ISBN 13: 9780898620108

Published by Guilford Press, New York, 1987

About this Item

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A scholarly, critical review of theory and research on the role of emotion in the process of psychological change, and a presentation of the various methods of therapy applicable to this understanding. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains references, indexed, 338pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Emotion in Psychotherapy : Affect, Cognition, and the Process of Change
• Publisher: Guilford Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898620104
• ISBN 13: 9780898620108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near New
• Signed: Former Owner Signature
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

The study of psychotherapy has often been limited to the ways in which cognitive and behavioral processes promote personal change. Introducing a ground breaking perspective, Greenberg and Safran's compelling new work argues that the presently-felt experience of emotional material in therapy forms a vital underpinning in the generation of change. By including emotion as a psychotherapeutic catalyst, the book offers a more complete and encompassing approach to the process of psychotherapy than has ever before been available.

EMOTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY draws from the literature of both clinical and experimental psychology to provide a critical review of theory and research on the role of emotion in the process of change. Providing a general theoretical framework for understanding the impact of affect in therapy, this unique volume describes specific change events in which emotions enhance the achievement of therapeutic goals. Case examples and extensive transcripts vividly portray a variety of affective modes--such as completing emotional expression, accessing previously unacknowledged feelings, and restructuring emotions--and illustrate in clear, practical terms how certain processes apply to particular patient problems. Moving beyond the standard approaches to therapy, this volume offers an integrated approach that carefully consider's the client's state in the session that must be amenable to intervention as well as any given intervention and its resulting changes.

Its attention to both the theoretical and practical considerations of implementing a balanced psychotherapeutic approach--combining behavioral, cognitive, and affective modes--makes this an invaluable volume for practitioners and researchers of all orientations. The book will be of particular interest to clinicians seeking integrative approaches to psychotherapy, and to academic psychologists concerned with expanding the paradigm of cognitive psychology.

Review

"A classic resource for both clinicians and researchers. " (Child and Family Behavior Therapy 1990-02-18)

"Emotion and Psychotherapy is profound and stimulating....Safran and Greenberg have put together one of the few books that, as a whole, is truly exciting. [and] consistently intriguing." (Contemporary Psychology 1990-02-18)