Theories of Counseling and Therapy An Experiential Approach
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Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.“The personal touch of the authors view point was amazing. I also liked the ′Voices from the field′ and ′Voices from the past′ - so often students don′t have access to the original source or current practitioners. This book was much more engaging than traditional theories texts and my students actually read it and enjoyed it.”
- Melody Whiddon, Ph.D.,
A brief, hands-on, and experiential text that helps students understand and apply theory in counseling and psychotherapy
This fully updated Second Edition helps students comprehend the variety and complexity of theories and internalize and apply the material to their own lives through the use of the reflective exercises in every chapter. Among the many approaches to theory discussed, the book includes an introductory chapter that provides the background necessary for understanding the theories, text that describes the main theory "families," and content that focuses on synthesis and application. Throughout the chapters, authors Jeffrey A. Kottler and Marilyn J. Montgomery seek to excite students with the best of the past and the vitality of the present, and to prepare them for their futures as therapists.