Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach

About this book

A step forward from the traditional textbook on counseling theories Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach offers students a comprehensive overview of past and current approaches to psychotherapy and counseling with a modern approach to theories of psychotherapy. An extensive array of mainstream theories as well as contemporary approaches such as narrative feminist LGBT and post-modern are covered. Author Elsie Jones-Smith helps readers to construct their integrated approach to psychotherapy by learning how to develop a broad range of therapeutic expertise to meet the needs of a culturally diverse clientele. In addition to listing and describing theories this text compares and contrasts them to show their strengths and weaknesses. The Third Edition includes a new chapter on trauma-informed counseling/psychotherapy and provides updated references sections and studies reflecting the latest developments within the helping professions. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources including a test bank and editable chapter-specific PowerPoint slides.