Finlay Relational Integrative Psychotherapy

Engaging Process and Theory in Practice
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-119-08732-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, E-Book

Designed specifically for the needs of trainees and newly-qualified therapists, Relational Integrative Psychotherapy outlines a form of therapy that prioritizes the client and allows for diverse techniques to be integrated within a strong therapeutic relationship.
* Provides an evidence-based introduction to the processes and theory of relational integrative psychotherapy in practice
* Presents innovative ideas that draw from a variety of traditions, including cognitive, existential-phenomenological, gestalt, psychoanalytic, systems theory, and transactional analysis
* Includes case studies, footnotes, 'theory into practice' boxes, and discussion of competing and complementary theoretical frameworks
* Written by an internationally acclaimed speaker and author who is also an active practitioner of relational integrative psychotherapy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finlay, Linda

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Ken Evans ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 What is Relational Integrative Psychotherapy? 1
Part I Being and Doing Processes 13
2 Meeting and Contracting 15
3 Engaging the Therapeutic Process 30
4 Empathising and Attuning 46
5 Holding, Containing and Boundarying 59
6 Resourcing: Nurturing Skills and Mobilising Coping Strategies 76
7 Intuiting, Imagining and Interpreting 88
8 Challenging 104
9 Integrating 120
10 Ending 136
Part II Theory Applied to Practice 149
11 Cognitively Orientated Therapy 151
12 Existential Phenomenology: Theory and Therapy 167
13 Gestalt Theory and Therapy 183
14 Relational Psychoanalytic Theory in Practice 198
15 Systemic Theory and Therapy 212
16 Transactional Analysis 226
Postscript 241
References 243
Index 255

Über Autor(innen)

LINDA FINLAY is a relational-centred, existential Integrative Psychotherapist (UKCP registered) in private practice. She has published numerous books, including Phenomenology for Therapists: Researching the Lived World (Wiley, 2011), Relational-centred Research for Psychotherapists: Exploring Meanings and Experience (with Ken Evans, Wiley, 2009) and The Practice of Psychosocial Occupational Theory (3rd edition, 2004). A frequent speaker at conferences and institutions across the UK and abroad, Linda also currently teaches with the Open University.