Standards and Guidelines for the Psychotherapies

'Standards and Guidelines for Psychotherapies is an almost 500 page fact-filled, up-to-date dependable guide. For an era when it is hard to keep a balanced view of the essential findings on the main therapies, this book offers a firm guide-rail and a focused view to judge the efficacy and comparative efficacy of three most common therapies: psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, and the combination of medications with psychotherapy. The book's balance is steadied by a reliance on the practical knowledge of top experts in the field. The topics are those all of us need to keep up on: brief therapy, couple and family therapy, group therapy, supportive therapy, therapy of children and adolescents, patients with severe and persistent mental illness, psychotherapy training and supervision, and two very practical but unusual topics: consent issues in psychotherapy, and standards and guidelines for psychotherapy record keeping. The final recommendation therefore follows: This book should be kept close at hand to be reachable again and again in times of need.'

Lester Luborsky, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

'In an era where psychotherapy is threatened by bean counters, bureaucrats and biological reductionists, this volume is most welcome. The contributors have provided a state-of-the-art reference book on the subject that will be of great value both to the mental health professions and to policymakers.'

Glen O. Gabbard,M.D., Callaway Distinguished Professor, The Menninger Clinic