Clinicians know that clients are much more complex than any textbook suggests, and they come into our offices with myriad, interacting problems. No one theory or school of psychotherapy will help each and every one of them. Nor do we yet understand human behavior sufficiently to have a grand, unifying theory. Modern Integrative Counseling and Psychotherapy is a practical guidebook showing clinicians how to systematically, coherently, and sequentially integrate multiple research-based approaches in treatment planning. This book provides examples of ways to structure sessions and also to get buy-in from clients by using strategic homework between sessions. It also shows practical ways that clinicians can incorporate neuroscience, genetics, and mindfulness in practical ways with clients. Designed for counselors and therapists who want evidence-based advice on how to provide up-to-date, integrative therapy, this book incorporates techniques drawn from many different approaches and outlines a flexible, step-by-step structure for effective treatment. F. Michler Bishop's work over the past thirty years has given him a unique position from which to observe and experience the pluses and minuses of current popular approaches. Dr. Bishop employs an innovative, integrative, individualized approach that honors the unique therapy needs for each client, for plans that must be created and adjusted and re-adjusted over time. This book combines the clinical experience and research for the best therapeutic strategies, and provides hope for doing more effective therapy with diverse clients.
F. Michler Bishop, PhD, is the director of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services and a senior staff psychologist at the Albert Ellis Institute (AEI) where he worked closely with Dr. Albert Ellis for over twenty years, running groups and workshops. He is the author of Am I Addicted? 64 Questions and Answers to Help You Change an Addictive or Semi-Addictive Behavior and Managing Addictions: Cognitive, Emotive and Behavioral Techniques, as well as many research articles and, most recently, blogs for Psychology Today. Dr. Bishop advocates for a compassionate, integrative, goal-focused modern therapeutic approach, incorporating a variety of research-based treatment options. As national vice president of SMART Recovery (R), he was instrumental in the development of SMART Recovery's Four-Point Program. He has conducted numerous workshops on CBT, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), MI, and SMART Recovery in the United States and internationally. He has worked at AEI for over thirty years, seeing clients with a wide variety of problems, including anxiety and mood disorders, and impulse control and relationships issues.
Introduction Part I: Modern Counseling and Psychotherapy Chapter 1: Moving Beyond Schools of Counseling and Psychotherapy Chapter 2: Guiding Principles for Modern Integrated Counseling and Psychotherapy Part II: Initial In-Session and Between-Session Work: Step-by-Step Chapter 3: Step 1: Build the Working Relationship: Enhancing Hope and Motivation Chapter 4: Step 2: Initial Assessment Chapter 5: Step 3: Agreeing on the Therapeutic Goals Chapter 6: Step 4: Set the Agenda Chapter 7: Step 5: In-Session Work Chapter 8: Step 6: Agree on Between-Session Work Chapter 9" Working with Diverse Clients Part III: Subsequent Sessions Chapter 10: On-going Assessment, Evaluating Between-Session Work, Checking on Therapeutic Chapter 11: Facilitating Acceptance, Compassion and Change: Mindfulness, Metastability and Existential/Humanist Issues Chapter 12: Facilitating Acceptance, Compassion and Change: Emotion-focused and Imagery-Focused Work Chapter 13: Facilitating Acceptance, Compassion and Change: Genetics, Neurochemistry and Neuroplasticity Chapter 14: Moving Forward, Sliding Back: Managing Change and Metastability Chapter 15: If Needed, Dig Deeper: Past-focused Work, Trauma and Childhood Issues Chapter 16: Subsequent Between-session Exercises Part IV: Other Issues Chapter 17: Self /Selves, Identity/Identities and Change Chapter 18: Integrating Coaching Chapter 19: Medications: Are They Right for Your Client? Chapter 20: Build Your Practice, Protect Yourself and Prevent Burnout References Index About the Author
