Author Description

The most complete compendium of innovative psychotherapies available, this reference handbook provides a working knowledge of 64 systems of counseling and psychotherapy in wide use today. Each contributor is a foremost practitioner of the therapeutic system he or she discusses. Provides detailed yet accessible accounts of such innovative effective therapies as Biofeedback, Conditioned Reflex, Dance, and Direct Psychoanalysis. Contains chapters on important theories and therapies not easily obtainable, including the Japanese systems of Naikan and Morita, Aqua-energetics, Covert Conditioning, and a wealth of others. Full coverage of many unusual systems, including Autogenic Training, Creative Aggression, Ego State, and others, described and discussed by their innovators or others with expert knowledge.