Main description:

The wide variety of psychotherapies that psychologists and students of psychology face can make for a confusing picture. The level of complexity is multiplied for Christians since they must ask how a particular psychotherapy fits (or doesn?t fit) with a Christian understanding of persons and their suffering. In this expanded and thoroughly update edition, Stanton Jones and Richard Butman continue to offer a careful analysis and penetrating critiques of the myriad of psychotherapies now current in the field of psychology including:

Classical Psychoanalysis
Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapies
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
Experiential Therapies
Family Systems Theory and Therapy

Two valuable new chapters have been added: "Community Psychology and Preventative Intervention Strategies" and "Christian Psychotherapy and the Person of the Christian Psychotherapist." Opening and closing chapters discuss foundational concerns on the integration of psychology and theology and present the authors' call for a "responsible eclecticism." Modern Psychotherapies remains an indispensable resource.
Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Integration of Psychology and Christianity

Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman

2. A Christian View of Persons

Stanton L. Jones, Laura Miguelez and Richard E. Butman

The Psychodynamic Psychologies

3. Classical Psychoanalysis

Stanton L. Jones, Robert Watson and Richard E. Butman

4. Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapies

Michael W. Mangis, Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman

The Cognitive and Behavioral Psychologies

5. Behavior Therapy

Stanton L. Jones, Kelly Flanagan and Richard E. Butman

6. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

Mark R. McMinn, Stanton L. Jones, Michael J. Vogel and Richard E. Butman

The Humanistic and Experiential Psychologies

7. Person-Centered Therapy

Terri Watson, Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman

8. Experiential Therapies

Terri Watson, Tracey Lee, Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman

The Systemic Psychologies

9. Family Systems Theory and Therapy

David Van Dyke, Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman

10. Community Psychology and Preventative Intervention Strategies

Sally Schwer Canning

Toward Christian Psychologies

11. Responsible Eclecticism and the Challenges of Contemporary Practice

Richard E. Butman and Stanton L. Jones

12. Christian Psychotherapy and the Person of the Christian Psychotherapist

Richard E. Butman and Stanton L. Jones

Author Index

Subject Index