Main description:

This book argues that the client is the main protagonist in psychotherapy with therapist as a supporting character and thus focuses entirely on the client's perspectives and contributions to treatment. It offers guidelines for capitalizing on clients' knowledge, skills, and strengths, including their capacity for self-healing, and ensuring the therapeutic alliance and the healing process are client centered. Vivid case examples bring these guidelines to life. Empirical research on client factors is also reviewed, including limitations and future directions.

Contents:

Contributors
An Introduction to the Other Side of Psychotherapy
Jairo N. Fuertes
Part I. Client Factors in Therapy Processes and Outcomes
Chapter 1. Client Expertise: The Active Client in Psychotherapy
Arthur C. Bohart and Karen Tallman
Chapter 2. Understanding and Enhancing Client Motivation
JoAo Tiago Oliveira, Martin Grosse Holtforth, and Juan Martin Gomez Penedo
Chapter 3. Patient Readiness to Change: What We Know about Their Stages and Processes of Change
John C. Norcross, Danielle M. Cook, and Jairo N. Fuertes
Chapter 4. Therapist and Client Facilitative Interpersonal Skills in Psychotherapy
Timothy Anderson and Matthew Perlman
Chapter 5. Clients' Experiences of Attachment in the Psychotherapy Relationship
Brent Mallinckrodt
Chapter 6. Clients' Agentic and Self-Healing Activities in Psychotherapy
Amy Greaves
Part II. Client-Therapist Interactions
Chapter 7. The Client's Function in the Psychotherapy Relationship: What Clients Experience and Contribute
Charles J. Gelso and Kathryn V. Kline
Chapter 8. Client-Focused Assessment and Intervention: Tailoring the Work to the Client
James F. Boswell and Adela Scharff
Chapter 9. Rethinking Therapists' Responsiveness to Center Our Clients' Experiences of Psychotherapy
Heidi M. Levitt, Kathleen M. Collins, Javier L. Rizo, and Ally B. Hand
Chapter 10. Clients' Influence on Psychotherapists and the Treatment They Provide
Rodney K. Goodyear and Hideko Sera
Chapter 11. Clients' Own Perspectives on Psychotherapy Outcomes and their Mechanisms
Michael J. Constantino, Averi N. Gaines, Alice E. Coyne
Chapter 12. Clients' Experiences of Therapy Ending
Cheri Marmarosh
Part III. Integration and Discussion
Chapter 13. Closing Thoughts About the Other Side of Psychotherapy
Jairo N. Fuertes
Index
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