Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science An Iconoclastic Perspective /

• Main Author: L'Abate, Luciano (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a ScienceAn Iconoclastic Perspective  Luciano L’Abate Since its inception, psychology has worked to establish itself as a legitimate scientific endeavor. Countless research studies have tested numerous theories and therapies, determining what works and what d...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Introduction to Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Toward a Science of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice
• The Cults of Psychotherapy
• Beyond Reliability and Validity: Toward Specificity in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Stepped Care Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Concreteness:  Seven Psychological Orphans in Search of a Theory-Toward a Neo-behaviorist View
• Epilogue and Conclusions: Toward a Hierarchical Personnel Structure in Clinical    Psychology and Psychotherapy.