Responsive Psychotherapist: Attuning to Clients in the Moment

This book explores how psychotherapists can be appropriately responsive to clients' unique needs across various therapeutic approaches, synthesizing key research and identifying common factors. It covers broad concepts and strategies, the therapeutic relationship, attachment figures, and repairing ruptures, as well as specific types of therapy, cultural diversity considerations, guidance for training and supervision, and directions for future research. Clinical case examples enrich the material.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 307 pages
Publication date: 22 June 2021
Publisher: American Psychological Association

This book delves into how psychotherapists can effectively respond to clients' diverse needs across various therapeutic approaches by employing appropriate communication and interventions. Renowned experts from various theoretical perspectives consolidate essential research findings and identify common factors across these approaches, highlighting their unique contributions to the field of psychology. The book begins by exploring fundamental concepts and strategies, such as attunement to clients' needs, the therapeutic relationship, clinician roles as attachment figures, and repairing ruptures in the working alliance. Building upon this foundation, subsequent chapters delve into specific types of therapy, including psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, emotion-focused therapy, control-mastery theory, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapy for LGBTQ individuals and their non-accepting caregivers, and integrative therapies. Authors provide insights into responsive strategies for addressing client markers, cultural diversity considerations, training and supervision guidance, and future research directions. Clinical case examples further enhance the material, showcasing effective and ineffective responses to diverse clients.

Weight: 508g
Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781433834011