- Hardcover: 540 pages
- Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole; 3rd Revised edition edition (February 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0534222900
- ISBN-13: 978-0534222901
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.9 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 853 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,793,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY covers, in a scholarly and balanced manner, a wide range of theories and methods -- which is what we sorely need. When using this book in one of my graduate courses, the students gave me an A+ for assigning this wide ranging and stimulating book."
"In my many years of clinical teaching and training, SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY is the only text I have known to reach such singular comprehensiveness and usefulness in helping students learn the theoretical foundations of psychotherapy. Norcross and Prochaska go beyond conventional descriptions of theories to present integrative perspectives, therapeutic commonalities, outcome research, and future directions. A superb and practical text!"
"SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY is a special book that has a special place among theory books in psychotherapy. Most such books are duly informative, but the Prochaska and Norcross text is in a league of its own in terms of its ability to both inform and engage the reader in the material. It has everything that I look for in such a book: Depth of analysis, extremely clear and crisp writing, sound organization, and evenhandedness in its comparative review of the various theories. Bravo to Prochaska and Norcross for this wonderful accomplishment."
"The authors are to be commended for assembling such a carefully crafted book. They make a serious effort to integrate theory, research, and clinical practice into each chapter." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"In my many years of clinical teaching and training, SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY is the only text I have known to reach such singular comprehensiveness and usefulness in helping students learn the theoretical foundations of psychotherapy. Norcross and Prochaska go beyond conventional descriptions of theories to present integrative perspectives, therapeutic commonalities, outcome research, and future directions. A superb and practical text!"
"SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY is a special book that has a special place among theory books in psychotherapy. Most such books are duly informative, but the Prochaska and Norcross text is in a league of its own in terms of its ability to both inform and engage the reader in the material. It has everything that I look for in such a book: Depth of analysis, extremely clear and crisp writing, sound organization, and evenhandedness in its comparative review of the various theories. Bravo to Prochaska and Norcross for this wonderful accomplishment."
"The authors are to be commended for assembling such a carefully crafted book. They make a serious effort to integrate theory, research, and clinical practice into each chapter." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This book provides a systematic survey of the theories of psychotherapy from an intergrative perspective. Looking within an individual system of therapy, the book follows the integrative steps that flow from the system's theory of personality to its theory of psychopathology and culminates in its theory of the therapeutic process and relationship. The book also offers an integrative framework that highlights the similarities of therapy systems without blurring their essential differences. The authors include case examples demonstrate how the same complicated psychotherapy case (Mrs C.) is formulated and treated by each system of psychotherapy.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Broad Coverage--BUT TERRIBLE WRITTING,
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This review is from: Systems of Psychotherapy (Hardcover)
As a supplemental reader for my graduate course work, this book provided a broad coverage of theorists and their systems. The writing, however, was simply atrocious. Facts are thrown together as random sentences--leaving the reader with a frustratingly incoherent narrative. Overall, the authors present an incredibly pedantic writing style. At times I found myself laughing that anyone could write in such a nonsensical way! Here's an sample of what the reader is in for..."The hyperinflation of brand-name therpaies has produced narcissistic fatigue...This might be called the Exaustion Theory of Integration: the cynical but accurate observation that peace among warring schools is the last resort." In my oppinion--it's better to invest in primary resources than to subject students to this book!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Standard yet different,
This review is from: Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis (Hardcover)
The authors adequately aquaint the reader with a broad overview of the main theories of psychotherapy and use a language that is accessible to the advanced reader. They also provide personal examples from thier clinical experience that give life to the theories. Brief biographies of the originators of each school of therapy are provided at the beginning of each section which adds an additional personal touch to the theories. Although not extensive, the authors attempt to give the reader empirical data that demonstrates each theory's effectiveness in treating specific disorders. Overall, this is a compact yet comprehensive book that does what a book of its kind sets out to do: find a balance between breadth and depth.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A major step toward integration of the psychotherapies,
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This review is from: Systems of Psychotherapy (Hardcover)
In this, their 4th edition, Prochaska and Norcross have begun to achieve their goal--to make the cross-theoretical themes stronger than the language-bound and often confusing differences among psychotherapy theorists. As they clearly demonstrate, the similar themes among theories of talk therapy are strong and the differences among the leading theories are often subtle.My graduate students, though, seem to still need some help at times sorting out the authors' voices from those of the original theorists. I hope to see future editions in which the readers' confusions are anticipated better and there is a better "safety net" to hang onto when the illusion of theoretical certainty is withdrawn.
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