Author Description

1. The Psychotherapist -- What Is Psychotherapy? -- The Availability Of Psychotherapeutic Services -- The Focus Of The Book -- 2. Some Traditional Emphases And Orientations In Psychotherapy -- Other Related Emphases -- The Client-centered Emphases -- Cognitive And Behavioral Emphases -- Some Additional Emphases -- Appraising The Different Emphases -- 3. Client Variables In Psychotherapy -- The Selection And Acceptance Of Clients For Psychotherapy -- The Problem Of Continuation In Psychotherapy -- Client Variables And Outcome In Psychotherapy -- 4. The Psychotherapist -- Personal Therapy For The Psychotherapist -- Additional Considerations -- The Therapist And The Psychotherapeutic Interaction -- Ethical And Professional Responsibilities -- 5. Specifying The Therapeutic Variables In Psychotherapy -- The Therapist-client Relationship -- Interpretation, Insight And Understanding -- Catharsis, Emotional Expression, And Release -- Reinforcement In Psychotherapy -- Desensitization --^ Relaxation -- Information In Psychotherapy -- Reassurance And Support -- Expectancies As A Therapeutic Variable -- Modeling -- Facing Or Confronting A Problem -- Time As A Therapeutic Variable -- The Placebo Response -- 6. Common And Specific Factors In Psychotherapy -- Common Factors In Psychotherapy -- Specific Factors In Psychotherapy -- 7. The Psychotherapeutic Process--i -- Initiating Psychotherapy -- The Developing Relationship And Early Problems In Psychotherapy -- Continuing Psychotherapy And Adapting To Client Individuality -- 8. The Psychotherapeutic Process--ii -- The Intermediate Stages Of Therapy -- Evaluating The Psychotherapeutic Interaction -- Consistency And Flexibility In Therapy -- The Later Stages Of Psychotherapy -- Planning For Termination In Psychotherapy -- 9. Cognition, Affects And Behaviors -- Traditional And Recent Emphases On Cognitions In Psychotherapy -- Affective Emphases In Psychotherapy -- The Behavioral Emphasis In Psychotherapy --^ The Place Of Cognitions,