Böcker av Nicholas A. (Distinguished Chair in Psychology Cummings

While therapist is guided by protocols and manuals, psychotherapy remains an art. This book traces the common thread in various psychotherapy approaches such as behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, strategic, and humanistic and defines this essence as principles and objectives that must be preserved in the face of standardization in the field.

Healthcare is practiced in a different financial and delivery system than it was earlier. This volume explores several issues, prospects and opportunities from the vantage of mental health/medical professionals and managed care executives who are in the very process of implementing changes to the existing system of managed care.