Stephen Palmer is Joint award winner of the Annual Counselling Psychology Award for outstanding professional and scientific contribution to Counselling Psychology in Britain for 2000.

`The editors' support for the integrative project is clear, but the book will hold its own with the sceptics too. I recommend it' - Counselling at Work


This innovative and timely book examines the issues and ideas surrounding integration and eclecticism in a therapeutic context, and provides a detailed account of a wide range of approaches in use.

Following an exploration of the origins of integrative and eclectic processes, 10 approaches are explained in detail. Chapters on each approach: describe its central concepts, assumptions and therapeutic goals; outline its view of how psychological disturbance is acquired, perpetuated and resolved; examine how the theory relates to practice - including examples of typical sessions and case studies; and consider which clients might benefit.

Further chapters explore the implications of using integrative and eclectic approaches for training, supervision, for working in a time-limited context and from a multicultural perspective.

Preface
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Henry Hollanders Eclecticism/Integration
Historical Developments Henry Hollanders Eclecticism/Integration
Some Key Issues and Research
PART TWO: THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Jane Martin and Frank Margison The Conversational Model David Bott Integrating Systemic Thinking in Counselling and Psychotherapy Katherine Murphy and Maria Gilbert A Systematic Integrative Relational Model for Counselling and Psychotherapy Stephen Paul and Geoff Pelham A Relational Approach to Therapy Clare Austen Integrated Eclecticism
A Therapeutic Synthesis Stephen Palmer Multimodal Therapy Peter Jenkins Gerard Egan's Skilled Helper Model Stephen Palmer and Michael Neenan Problem Focused Counselling and Psychotherapy David Crossley and Mark Stowell-Smith Cognitive-Analytical Therapy William West Eclecticism and Integration in Humanistic Therapy
PART THREE: ISSUES
Colin Lago and Roy Moodley Multi-Cultural Issues in Eclectic and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy Jenifer Elton Wilson Integration and Eclecticism in Brief/Time-Focused Therapy Val Wosket Integration and Eclecticism in Supervision Mary Connor Integration and Eclecticism in Counselling Training Petruska Clarkson Eclectic, Integrative and Integrating Psychotherapy or Beyond Schoolism Ian Horton Principles and Practice of a Personal Integration Rhona Fear and Ray Woolfe The Personal, the Professional and the Basis of Integrative Practice