Effective Psychotherapists

Clinical Skills That Improve Client Outcomes
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4625-4535-3
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

What is it that makes some therapists so much more effective than others, even when they are delivering the same evidence-based treatment? This instructive book identifies specific interpersonal skills and attitudes--often overlooked in clinical training--that facilitate better client outcomes across a broad range of treatment methods and contexts. Reviewing 70 years of psychotherapy research, the preeminent authors show that empathy, acceptance, warmth, focus, and other characteristics of effective therapists are both measurable and teachable. Richly illustrated with annotated sample dialogues, the book gives practitioners and students a blueprint for learning, practicing, and self-monitoring these crucial clinical skills.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, William R

Moyers, Theresa B

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
I. Helping Relationships
1. An Invitation
2. Therapist Effects
II. Therapeutic Skills
3. Accurate Empathy
4. Acceptance
5. Positive Regard
6. Genuineness
7. Focus
8. Hope
9. Evocation
10. Offering Information and Advice
11. The Far Side of Complexity
III. Learning, Training, and Clinical Science
12. Developing Expertise
13. Teaching Therapeutic Skills
14. Toward a Broader Clinical Science
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

William R. Miller, PhD, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico. He introduced motivational interviewing in a 1983 article and in the first edition of Motivational Interviewing (1991), coauthored with Stephen Rollnick. Dr. Miller’s research has focused particularly on the treatment and prevention of addictions and more broadly on the psychology of change. He is a recipient of two career achievement awards from the American Psychological Association, the international Jellinek Memorial Award, and an Innovators Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among many other honors. His publications include 65 books and over 400 articles and chapters. His website is https://williamrmiller.net.

Theresa B. Moyers, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico, where she conducts research on treatments for addictive behaviors, with a focus on motivational interviewing (MI). Her primary interests are identifying the active ingredients of MI as well optimal methods for disseminating it in addictions settings. Dr. Moyers has published more than 35 peer-reviewed articles and has presented on MI and addictions treatment in 16 countries. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. In addition to her academic pursuits, she trains and competes with her border collie in the sport of dog agility.