Main description:

This book examines how psychotherapists can be appropriately responsive to clients' unique needs across a variety of therapeutic approaches by saying or doing the right thing at the right time.

Expert contributors from a variety of theoretical orientations synthesize key research and identify common factors across the field of psychology as well as unique contributions that each approach offers.

Chapters first explore important broad concepts and strategies, including therapists attuning to their clients' needs, examining the importance of the therapeutic relationship, the role clinicians play as attachment figures for their clients, and repairing ruptures in the working alliance.

Building from this foundation, chapters then explore specific types of therapy in detail, including psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, emotion-focused therapy, control mastery theory, narrative therapy, relationship-focused therapy for LGBTQ individuals and their nonaccepting caregivers, and integrative therapies. They review strategies for responding to specific client markers, cultural diversity considerations, guidance for training and supervision, and directions for future research.

Clinical case examples enrich the material, demonstrating the dos and do nots of responsiveness with diverse clients.

Contents:

Contributors
Introduction
Jeanne Watson and Hadas Wiseman
Part I. The Case for Responsiveness
Chapter 1. Responsiveness in Psychotherapy Research: Problems and Ways Forward
Bill Stiles
Chapter 2. Responsiveness, the Relationship, and the Working Alliance in Psychotherapy
Robert L. Hatcher
Chapter 3. Attachment Theory as a Framework for Responsiveness in Psychotherapy
Hadas Wiseman and Sharon Egozi
Chapter 4. Responsiveness in the Alliance: Working With Ruptures and Repairs in Psychotherapy
Catherine F. Eubanks, Joey Sergi, and J. Christopher Muran
Part II. Responsiveness in Different Therapeutic Approaches
Chapter 5. Responsiveness in Psychodynamic Relational Psychotherapy
Orya Tishby
Chapter 6. Responsiveness in Control Mastery Theory
George Silberschatz
Chapter 7. Contextual Responsivity in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Michael J. Constantino, Brien J. Goodwin, Heather J. Muir, Alice E. Coyne, and James F. Boswell
Chapter 8. Responsiveness in Emotion-Focused Therapy
Jeanne Watson
Chapter 9. Responsiveness in Narrative Therapy
EugEnia Ribeiro, Miguel M. GonCalves, and Dulce Pinto
Chapter 10. Therapist Responsiveness in Relationship-Focused Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults and Their Nonaccepting Parents
Gary M. Diamond, Rotem Boruchovitz-Zamir, and Ofir Nir-Gottlieb
Chapter 11. Therapist Responsiveness in Treatments for Personality Disorders
Ueli Kramer
Chapter 12. Enhancing Therapist Responsiveness in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Jamie D. Bedics and Holly J. McKinley
Chapter 13. Responsiveness in Integrative Therapies
James F. Boswell, Brittany R. King, Carly M. Schwartzman, Rachel Wasserman, and Michael J. Constantino
Part III. Integration and Conclusions
Chapter 14. Meeting the Challenge of Responsiveness
Jeanne Watson and Hadas Wiseman
Index
About the Editors