Acclaimed for its clear writing and stellar contributors, this authoritative text is now in a revised and updated fourth edition. The book explains the history, assessment approach, techniques, and research base of each of the 12 most important psychotherapies practiced today, along with its foundational ideas about personality and psychological health and dysfunction. The consistent chapter format facilitates comparison among the various approaches. Every chapter includes engaging clinical vignettes and an extended case example that bring key concepts to life, as well as suggested resources for further learning. New to This Edition *Incorporates important developments in clinical practice and research. *Entirely new chapters on CBT, third-wave CBT, couple therapies, and interpersonal and brief psychodynamic therapies; all other chapters fully updated. *Increased attention to multiple dimensions of diversity, the evidence-based practice movement, psychotherapy integration, and applications to physical health care.

I. Introduction 1. Current Issues in Psychotherapy Theory, Practice, and Research: A Framework for Comparative Study, Stanley B. Messer & Nadine J. Kaslow II. Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Approaches 2. Contemporary Freudian Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, David L. Wolitzky 3. Relational Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Rebecca Coleman Curtis III. Behavioral and Cognitive Approaches 4. Behavior Therapy: Traditional Approaches, Martin M. Antony, Lizabeth Roemer, & Ariella P. Lenton-Brym 5. Cognitive Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Jordan E. Cattie, Jennifer L. Buchholz, & Jonathan S. Abramowitz 6. Third-Wave Cognitive-Behaviorally Based Therapies, Akihiko Masuda & Shireen L. Rizvi IV. Experiential and Humanistic Approaches 7. Person-Centered and Emotion-Focused Psychotherapies, Arthur C. Bohart & Jeanne C. Watson 8. Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapies, Kirk J. Schneider & Orah T. Krug V. Systems-Oriented Approaches 9. Family Therapies, Nadine J. Kaslow, Hamid Mirsalimi, & Marianne P. Celano 10. Couple Therapies, Jay L. Lebow & Shalonda Kelly 11. Group Psychotherapies, Virginia Brabender VI. Other Influential Models of Therapeutic Practice 12. Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Brief Psychodynamic Therapies, Eugene W. Farber 13. Integrative Approaches to Psychotherapy, Jerry Gold & George Stricker Author Index Subject Index