The Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy

[A] goldmine of information for not only psychotherapists but also medical professionals.... Hopefully, this book will be compulsory reading for all aspiring mental health professionals--Gunnel Minett, psychologist and author of Exhale: An Overview of Breathwork An important addition to the literature, The Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy, amalgamates in an easy-to-understand format the latest in bio-psycho-social research. Therapists can use these findings and concomitant recommendations to advance their clinical practice.--Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D., The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Hill and Dahlitz invite the reader into a new era of mental health and the science of psychotherapy. This book simultaneously reduces concepts to component parts while expanding our curiosity into the interconnectedness of complex systems throughout the body, mind, brain, environment, and relationships. Hill and Dahlitz tear down the walls that have isolated psychotherapeutic archetypes while reinforcing an integrated scientific foundation for psychotherapy in the twenty-first century and beyond.--Eric T. Beeson, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, The Family Institute at Northwestern University With the publication of their latest book, Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz have succeeded admirably in providing mental health practitioners of all modalities with a guide to evidence-based, cutting edge, twenty-first century psychotherapy. Through case studies and the latest empirical research, Hill and Dahlitz go well beyond the typical analysis of behavior and emotions to reveal a subterranean world of neuro- and sociobiology that drives and underpins our very existence. This book is an indispensable guide for practitioners of all levels of experience.--Roger Keizerstein, LCSW, author of A Child Who Felt Too Much and Other Therapeutic Tales of Love and Healing For The New Millennium