Modern Integrative Counseling and Psychotherapy

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.