Modern Psychotherapies

by Jones, Stanton L.

• ISBN13: 9780830817757
• ISBN10: 0830817751
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

First Christians feared and avoided the modern practice of psychotherapy. Then many uncritically embraced it. This book represents an emerging third stage in the complicated relationship between faith and psychology. That stage is the critical, theologically informed appropriation of psychotherapy.Stanton Jones and Richard Butman, respected Christian scholars and experienced clinical psychologists, survey the thirteen most significant psychotherapies now in use. They fair-mindedly introduce each therapy and evaluate its compatibility with orthodox Christianity. Opening and closing chapters discuss foundational concerns on the intergration of psychology and theology, and present the author's justification of "responsible eclecticism."Among the first of its kind, this comprehensive volume will be of invaluable assistance to teachers, students of psychology, and Christian psychologists and counselors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(8)
The Integration of Christianity and Psychology	17	(22)
A Christian View of Persons	39	(26)
The Dynamic Psychologies	63	(2)
Classic Psychoanalysis	65	(27)
Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapies	92	(27)
Michael W. Mangis
Jungian Therapy	119	(26)
The Behavioral Psychologies	143	(2)
Behavior Therapy	145	(28)
Rational Emotive Therapy	173	(23)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy	196	(30)
Adlerian and Reality Therapies	226	(29)
The Humanistic Psychologies	253	(2)
Person-Centered Therapy	255	(23)
Existential Therapy	278	(25)
Gestalt Therapy	303	(21)
Transactional Analysis	324	(25)
The Family System Psychologies	347	(2)
Family Therapy	349	(30)
Toward Christian Psychologies	377	(2)
Responsible Eclecticism	379	(22)
Christian Psychotherapy	401	(18)
Subject Index	419	(3)
Author Index	422