I. Introduction
1. Introduction to the Approach
2. A Process Facilitative Approach to Therapy
II. Theory: Emotion and Cognition in Change
3. Perspectives on Human Functioning
4. Towards an Experiential Theory of Functioning
5. Dysfunction
III. The Manual: Basic Principles and Task-Guided Interventions
1. Treatment Manual: The General Approach
6. Treatment Principles for a Process Experiential Approach
7. What the Therapist Does: Experiential Response Intentions and
Modes
2. The Treatment Tasks
8. Systematic Evocative Unfolding at a Marker of a Problematic
Reaction Point
9. Experiential Focusing for an Unclear Felt Sense
10. Two Chair Dialogue at a Self-Evaluative Split
11. Two Chair Enactment for Self-Interruption Split
12. Empty-Chair Work and Unfinished Business
13. Empathic Affirmation at a Marker of Intense Vulnerability
IV. Conclusion
14. Applying the Process Experiential Approach
15. The Process Experiential Approach: An Overview, Research,
Theory, and the Future
Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Center at York University in Canada. Coauthor of Facilitating Emotional Change; Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples; and Emotion in Psychotherapy, he has coedited numerous volumes including Emotion, Psychotherapy, and Change; Empathy Reconsidered; and The Working Alliance. Past President of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Dr. Greenberg maintains a private practice in Toronto.
Building on the experiential theories of psychotherapy developed by
Rogers and Perls, as well as their own extensive work, Greenberg,
Rice, and Elliott have written a highly sophisticated text. A
valuable and unique feature is their effort to relate their
approach to constructive information processing and the adaptive
role of emotion in human functioning. Finally, the book contains a
detailed manual of specific methods of therapeutic intervention.
The work will predictably have a significant influence on theory,
research, and practice in psychotherapy. --Hans H. Strupp, Ph.D.,
Vanderbilt University
Greenberg, Rice, and Elliott have written an immensely valuable
book that deserves to be read by psychotherapists of all
persuasions. It is theoretically innovative and clinically
practical. Their view of emotional experience and its role in
individual self-organization reflects a remarkable convergence of
cognitive, constructivist, and psychodynamic perspectives, and it
highlights the fact that effective therapists must be skilled in
fencing and facilitating both subtle and intense experiences within
the therapeutic encounter. Their treatment tasks give concrete and
practical illustrations of what to do in a variety of common
developmental dilemmas. Throughout the volume, the authors convey
their own considerable sensitivity and clinical expertise. This is
a major work in experiential psychotherapy and a wonderful
contribution to psychotherapy process. --Michael J. Mahoney, Ph.D.,
University of North Texas
Drs. Greenberg, Rice, and Elliot have written an excellent
treatment manual/graduate text book which details in admirable
specificity the theory and procedures of a modern experiential
psychotherapy. I would recommend this book to any of my colleagues
who want to know the specifics of experiential psychotherapy. My
students consistently rate this book highly. --Barry E. Wolfe,
Ph.D., The Virginia Campus of the American Schools of Professional
Psychology; Course: Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy;
advanced graduate students
- A very impressive book. It is practical, makes a significant
contribution to theory building in psychotherapy, and is research
based....contributes significantly to our understanding of the
psychotherapy process. Readers with a hypnotherapeutic orientation,
who traditionally explore with clients the domain where emotion,
cognition, and behavior intersect, should find a treasure of
concepts and practical interventions to extend their therapeutic
repertoire. --American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 11/3/1996
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