Therapy : The Basics

Therapy: The Basics is an introductory book to psychotherapy and its different theoretical approaches. It attempts to demystify and de-stigmatise therapy by answering some common questions posed by prospective clients. lykou presents an accessible overview of psychotherapy and counselling, mapping a variety of the most popular approaches from psychoanalysis and cognitive behavious therapy to embodied and creative therapies, whilst giving an overview of the roots of psychotherapy in traditional and indigenous healing methods. The book also acknowledges criticisms of current approaches, with their neo-liberal heteronormative Eurocentric perspective, and considers where therapy stands in today’s globalised world. The book's structure allows different umbrella theories and their developments to be explored separately but also in relation to one another. This book is essential reading for trainees, a useful reference for qualified therapists who want to deepen their knowledge, a supporting resource for prospective psychotherapy clients, and a companion for readers who simply want to expand their horizons. Cover Endorsements Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents Author Biography Acknowledgements Introduction Why therapy: myths, fantasies, and other interesting thoughts about what happens in the consulting room When and where it all began: a historical journey from the 19th-century cases of hysteria to today’s online and hybrid therapy 1 Non-Western models of psychotherapy: understanding emotional well-being in indigenous traditional healing ways Continent by continent 2 Psychoanalysis and the psychodynamic umbrella: a family with many children Sigmund Freud: the father of psychoanalysis and his theories Les enfants terribles that disappointed the ‘father’: Jung, Adler, Ferenczi, and Rank Anna Freud, the ego, its defences, and the emergence of ego psychology: Hartmann, Mahler, Spitz, Erikson, and Kohut Melanie Klein and object relations theories: Bion, Fairbairn, Winnicott, and Bowlby The neo-Freudians or culturalists: Sullivan, Horney, and Fromm Jacques Lacan, linguistics, and post-structuralism Getting closer: relational psychoanalysis and the intersubjective movement Feminist psychoanalysis: towards a gender-conscious psychoanalysis 3 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT): the ‘marriage’ of behaviour and cognition Behaviourism and behaviour therapy The second wave of behavioural therapies: Beck, Ellis, Meichenbaum and Kelly Third wave therapies 4 Humanistic psychotherapy: the third force? The founding approaches and Maslow’s legacy: The person-centered approach, Gestalt psychotherapy, Existential psychotherapy, Transactional analysis As the family expanded: Transpersonal psychotherapy, Feminist psychotherapy, Encounter groups and co-counselling 5 Beyond schoolism and towards bridges: post-’70s approaches in psychotherapy Integrative psychotherapies: integration, eclecticism, or pluralism? Mindfulness-oriented psychotherapy: a merging of Buddhist and Western psychology Family therapies: systems and individuals 6 Embodied and creative approaches: bringing the mind–body continuum and creativity back to our attention Body psychotherapy and body-oriented psychotherapy The arts therapies: Art psychotherapy, Dance movement psychotherapy, Dramatherapy Music therapy: Psychodrama psychotherapy ‘Cousin’ approaches: Play therapy and Ecotherapy Epilogue Bibliography Index Therapy: The Basics is an introductory book to psychotherapy and its different theoretical approaches. It attempts to demystify and de-stigmatise therapy by answering some common questions posed by prospective clients. lykou presents an accessible overview of psychotherapy and counselling, mapping a variety of the most popular approaches from psychoanalysis and cognitive behaviour therapy to embodied and creative therapies, whilst giving an overview of the roots of psychotherapy in traditional and indigenous healing methods. The book also acknowledges criticisms of current approaches, with their neo-liberal heteronormative Eurocentric perspective, and considers where therapy stands in today’s globalised world. The book’s structure allows different umbrella theories and their developments to be explored separately but also in relation to one another. This book is essential reading for trainees, a useful reference for qualified therapists who want to deepen their knowledge, a supporting resource for prospective psychotherapy clients, and a companion for readers who simply want to expand their horizons.