The Responsive Psychotherapist: Attuning to Clients in the Moment

Author:   Jeanne C. Watson ,  Hadas Wiseman
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
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9781433834011


Pages:   345
Publication Date:   22 June 2021
Format:   Paperback
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This book examines how psychotherapists can be appropriately responsive to clients' unique needs across a variety of therapeutic approaches by saying or doing the right thing at the right time. Expert contributors from a variety of theoretical orientations synthesize key research and identify common factors across these approaches along with their unique contributions to the field of psychology.    Chapters first explore important broad concepts and strategies, including therapists attuning to their clients' needs, examining the importance of the therapeutic relationship, the role clinicians play as attachment figures for their clients, and repairing ruptures in the working alliance.   Building from this foundation, chapters then examine specific types of therapy in detail, including psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, emotion-focused therapy, control-mastery theory, narrative therapy, attachment-based family therapy for LGBTQ individuals and their nonaccepting caregivers, and integrative therapies. Authors review strategies for responding to specific client markers, cultural diversity considerations, guidance for training and supervision, and directions for future research.   Clinical case examples enrich the material, demonstrating the dos and don'ts of responsiveness with diverse clients.

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Author:   Jeanne C. Watson ,  Hadas Wiseman
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781433834011


ISBN 10:   1433834014
Pages:   345
Publication Date:   22 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Exploring Responsiveness and Attunement in Psychotherapy Jeanne C. Watson and Hadas Wiseman Part I. The Case for Responsiveness Chapter 1. Responsiveness in Psychotherapy Research: Problems and Ways Forward William B. Stiles Chapter 2. Responsiveness, the Relationship, and the Working Alliance in Psychotherapy Robert L. Hatcher Chapter 3. Attachment Theory as a Framework for Responsiveness in Psychotherapy Hadas Wiseman and Sharon Egozi Chapter 4. Responsiveness to Ruptures and Repairs in Psychotherapy Catherine F. Eubanks, Joey Sergi, and J. Christopher Muran Part II. Responsiveness in Different Therapeutic Approaches Chapter 5. Responsiveness in Psychodynamic Relational Psychotherapy Orya Tishby Chapter 6. Responsiveness in Control-Mastery Theory George Silberschatz Chapter 7. Context-Responsive Psychotherapy Integration Applied to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Michael J. Constantino, Brien J. Goodwin, Heather J. Muir, Alice E. Coyne, and James F. Boswell Chapter 8. Responsiveness in Emotion-Focused Therapy Jeanne C. Watson Chapter 9. Responsiveness and Therapeutic Collaboration in Narrative Therapy Eugénia Ribeiro, Miguel M. Gonçalves, and Dulce Pinto Chapter 10. Therapist Responsiveness in Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents Gary M. Diamond, Rotem Boruchovitz-Zamir, and Ofir Nir-Gottlieb Chapter 11. Therapist Responsiveness in Treatments for Personality Disorders Ueli Kramer Chapter 12. Enhancing Therapist Responsiveness in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Jamie D. Bedics and Holly J. McKinley Chapter 13. Responsiveness in Integrative Therapies James F. Boswell, Brittany R. King, Carly M. Schwartzman, Rachel H. Wasserman, and Michael J. Constantino Part III. Integration and Conclusions Chapter 14. Meeting the Challenge of Responsiveness: Synthesizing Perspectives Jeanne C. Watson and Hadas Wiseman Index About the Editors

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This edited volume on therapist responsiveness highlights vexing dilemmas faced by psychotherapy researchers who grapple with the dazzling complexity that is the relational enterprise between patient and therapist. A wide array of clinical phenomena illustrates how therapist responsiveness is at the core of what makes any psychotherapy work. -- Lisa Wallner Samstag, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director of Psychotherapy Research, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY “Responsiveness” has been a buzzword in recent years without a clear delineation of what it means. Written by the experts in the field, this book finally gives us a glimpse of what it means to be responsive to clients, which, of course, we all want to be. Clinicians will benefit from this excellent book by being able to learn about how and when to be responsive to clients; researchers will benefit from having clear guidelines about what responsiveness means; and trainees will benefit from having expert wisdom about how therapy truly is implemented. -- Clara E. Hill, PhD, Professor, Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park Responsiveness is arguably the most innovative and clinically valuable of contemporary clinical concepts. Watson and Wiseman’s new book is a great contribution to the emerging literature on this topic, offering experience-near ways of understanding how this concept can be understood and helpfully applied across multiple theoretical approaches. -- Barry A. Farber, PhD, Professor, Clinical Psychology Program, Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY


Author Information

Jeanne C. Watson, PhD, C.Psych., is a professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE. University of Toronto, Canada. A major exponent of humanistic-experiential psychotherapy, she has contributed to the development of emotion-focused therapy. Dr. Watson has conducted psychotherapy outcome studies to examine the effectiveness of different approaches to psychotherapy and the active ingredients of change. She has coauthored and coedited multiple books, including Emotion-Focused Therapy for Generalized Anxiety with Leslie Greenberg. Dr. Watson was President of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2014-2015 and recognized as an APA Fellow in 2013. Hadas Wiseman, PhD, is a professor chair of the doctoral studies committee in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the University of Haifa, Israel. She is also on faculty in the Weiss-Livnat International MA Program in Holocaust Studies. Her scholarly work and research focuses on the psychotherapy process, the therapeutic relationship, attachment in psychotherapy, personal and professional development of psychotherapists, and intergenerational trauma and interpersonal relationships in families of Holocaust survivors. She coedited Developing the Therapeutic Relationship with Orya Tishby. Dr. Wiseman is a certified clinical psychologist in private practice in Kiryat Tivon, Israel.

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