Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis

Comprehensive, systematic, and balanced, Systems of Psychotherapy uses a wealth of clinical cases to help readers understand the major psychotherapies, including psychodynamic, existential, experiential, interpersonal, exposure, behavioral, cognitive, third wave, systemic, multicultural, and integrative. The tenth edition of this landmark text thoroughly analyzes 15 leading systems of psychotherapy and briefly surveys another 32, providing students and practitioners with a broad overview of the discipline.

The book explores each system’s theory of personality, theory of psychopathology, and resulting therapeutic process and relationship. Through these explorations, the authors clearly demonstrate how psychotherapy systems agree on the processes producing change while diverging on the elements in need of change. Additionally, the authors present the central limitations, outcome research, and future directions of each system of psychotherapy.

This tenth edition features a reconfigured chapter on positive psychological treatments, expanded coverage of the Unified Protocol and transdiagnostic personalizing, new self-reflection exercises, additional examples of child and adolescent therapy, and more than 500 new references, recommended readings, and web resources.

James O. Prochaska, PhD, (1942-2023) was Emeritus Professor of Psychology and founding Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Consortium at the University of Rhode Island. Co-developer of the Transtheoretical Model, Jim was the principal investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling more than ＄90 million and was recognized as one of the most cited authors in psychology.

John C. Norcross, PhD, ABPP, is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and a board-certified clinical psychologist who maintained a part-time practice for decades. Among John’s numerous books are Psychotherapy Relationships That Work, Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration, and Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology.

Judith J. Prochaska, PhD, MPH, is Senior Associate Vice Provost for Clinical Research Governance at Stanford University and Professor in the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She directs the graduate program in Community Health and Prevention Research and teaches on health behavior change theory. Judith has led multiple research grants from the National Institutes of Health with funding totaling more than ＄30 million.