Future Directions in Psychotherapy Integration

Author(s):  
Catherine F. Eubanks ◽  
Marvin R. Goldfried ◽  
John C. Norcross

Psychotherapy integration has become a well-established and influential movement in mental health. In this chapter, the authors explore where psychotherapy integration may be headed in the areas of theory, practice, research, and training, and as a formal movement. The authors hope to advance discussion about future directions that seem particularly promising. As an indication of therapeutic flexibility, the authors believe that the most valuable aspects of integration may prove to be (1) the enthusiastic, open-minded stance of the integrative therapist who (2) is willing to change his or her approach in order to be responsive to a patient’s needs.

Author(s):  
John C. Norcross ◽  
Marcella Finnerty

This chapter considers training and supervision in psychotherapy integration. The authors begin by identifying an ideal educational sequence for psychotherapists and then discuss training in light of the four principal routes of integration—technical eclecticism, theoretical integration, common factors, and assimilative integration—whose training objectives and sequence differ somewhat. Next, the chapter addresses questions regarding the centrality of personal therapy and the necessity of research training in the preparation of integrative therapists. The authors review integrative supervision, specifically seven of its distinctive practices. The chapter concludes with a discussion of organizational strategies for promoting psychotherapy integration and some future directions for integrative training in mental health.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Bumgarner ◽  
Elizabeth J. Polinsky ◽  
Katharine G. Herman ◽  
Joanne M. Fordiani ◽  
Carmen P. Lewis ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Lore M. Dickey

In this chapter the author explores the mental health of those with nonbinary gender identities and focuses on the issues they face. The author defines nonbinary identities and discusses how these identities are different than people who have binary identities. There is a summary of the extant psychological literature focusing on people with nonbinary identities. Attention is also brought to how racial and ethnic minority individuals, including Native American people, conceptualize nonbinary identities. The chapter ends with information about the lack of attention to the Global South and the need for additional research and training in the mental health of those with nonbinary identities.


Author(s):  
Tera D. Letzring

This chapter identifies several well-established findings and overarching themes within personality trait accuracy research, and highlights especially promising directions for future research. Topics include (1) theoretical frameworks for accuracy, (2) moderators of accuracy and the context or situation in which judgments are made, (3) the important consequences of accuracy, (4) interventions and training programs to increase judgmental ability and judgability, (5) the generalizability of previous findings, and (6) standardized tests of the accuracy of judging personality traits. The chapter ends by stating that it is an exciting time to be a researcher studying the accuracy of personality trait judgments.


Author(s):  
Sherryl H. Goodman ◽  
Meeka S. Halperin

This chapter provides a review of research and a description of the central issues regarding the stressor of depression in mothers during pregnancy and the postpartum periods in relation to risk for the development of psychopathology in offspring. Where evidence allows, causal relations are emphasized; otherwise, limitations are noted, especially those regarding being able to draw causal conclusions from the correlational approaches typically taken in this area of study. Evidence for mechanisms in the transmission of risk is also described, given the potential for understanding causal relations. With the developmental psychopathology perspective of depression as a stressor for offspring, the focus is on vulnerabilities to and early signs of disorder as well as mental health outcomes per se. The chapter concludes with suggested critical issues in the field and recommendations for future directions for research.


Author(s):  
Phillip M. Kleespies ◽  
Justin M. Hill

This chapter illustrates the mental health clinician’s relationship with behavioral emergencies. The chapter begins by distinguishing the terms behavioral emergency and behavioral crisis, and underlying themes among all behavioral emergencies are identified. Given that most clinicians will face a behavioral emergency in their careers, the importance of enhancing the process of educating and training practitioners for such situations far beyond the minimal training that currently exists is highlighted. The chapter continues by exploring various aspects of evaluating and managing high-risk patients (i.e., those who exhibit violent tendencies toward themselves or others, and those at risk for victimization). It includes a discussion of the benefits and limitations to estimating life-threatening risk factors and specific protective factors. The chapter concludes by discussing the emotional impact that working with high-risk patients has on clinicians, and an emphasis is placed on the importance of creating a supportive work environment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren S. Wakschlag ◽  
Megan Y. Roberts ◽  
Rachel M. Flynn ◽  
Justin D. Smith ◽  
Sheila Krogh-Jespersen ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document