Case Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy

Designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, this text presents vivid examples of how 10 counseling approaches (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, feminist, and family systems) work with a single client, Ruth. By applying each theory to a single client, Corey illustrates each therapeutic approach in action and helps clear up misconceptions students might have about how a therapeutic model actually works. Guest commentators (each a well-known and highly recognized practitioner) discuss Ruth's case based on their perspectives. In some cases, Corey was able to enlist the founder of a particular therapy such as William Glasser for control theory and reality therapy, Arnold Lazarus for multimodal therapy, and Albert Ellis for rational emotive behavior therapy.

James Robert Bitter, Ed.D., is a professor of human development and learning at East Tennessee State University. William Blau, Ph.D., has a private practice and teaches as an adjunct instructor at Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree, California, and Chapman University Academic Center, 29 Palms, California. David J. Cain, Ph.D., ABPP, was the founder and editor of the Person-Centered Review and founder of the Association for the Development of the Person-Centered Approach. He is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Currently, he is the Director of the Counseling Center at United States International University. He teaches at Chapman University and maintains a private practice in Carlsbad, California. Barbara Brownell D'Angelo, Ph.D., a California-licensed psychologist taught in the Human Services Program at California State University at Fullerton and was a counselor in the Counseling Center there. She later had a private practice in psychotherapy in Santa Ana, California. Frank M. Dattilio, Ph.D., ABPP, is on the faculty of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Hospital and is a guest lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He is also a clinical psychologist in private practice He is also a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. John M. Dusay, M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco and an associate clinical professor at the University of California at San Francisco. Albert Ellis, Ph.D., ABPP, is the founder and director of the Albert Ellis Institute for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy in New York. Kathy M. Evans, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Counselor Education at the University of South Carolina and is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed psychologist. Rainette Eden Fantz, Ph.D., was one of the founders of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. She was the chairwoman of the Institute's Intensive Postgraduate Training Program. She died in 1994. Jon Frew, Ph.D., is in private practice in Vancouver, Washington, and is an Associate Professor at Pacific University's School of Professional Psychology. William Glasser, M.D., is the founder and president of The William Glasser Institute in Chatsworth, California. Elizabeth A. Kincade, Ph.D., is a counselor in the Counseling and Student Development Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Arnold A. Lazarus, Ph.D., ABPP, is distinguished professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Mary Moline, Ph.D., MFT, is a Professor of the Department of Family Psychology at Loma Linda University. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California. She received her Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy from Brigham Young University and her doctorate in public health from Loma Linda University. She is a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists. Donald Polkinghorne, Ph.D., is a professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Southern California and a licensed psychologist. He served as president of the Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Pam Remer, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kentucky and is a licensed psychologist. She also is a Certified Practitioner in Psychodrama. Susan R. Seem, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Counselor Education at the State University of New York College at Brockport and is a licensed psychologist and a national certified counselor. Robert E. Wubbolding, Ed.D., is professor of Counseling at Xavier University in Cincinnati and the director of the Center for Reality Therapy in Cincinnati. He is also the director of training for the Institute for Reality Therapy in Los Angeles.