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Beyond Psychotherapy Programmed Writing and Structured Computer-Assisted Interventions
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Luciano L'Abate
ISBN: 1-56750-654-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-654-9
296 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2001
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £91.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The field of psychotherapy is beset by a variety of problems including relative ineffectiveness, relatively high cost, and low availability. Hence, a more cost-effective, efficient and mass-producible method is needed that the current talk-based approach lacks. This volume explains that programmed distance writing - workbooks - can fill that need. Workbooks are inexpensive, specific, controllable, verifiable, and can be transmitted via the Internet to be used in clinical treatment, prevention, rehabilitation and research, all at a cost saving over talk therapy.

The rationale behind workbooks for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families is explained. Professionals in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, counseling, and social work will find this approach intriguing, as will academics and researchers seeking economic ways to link theory with practice. This volume will also interest graduate students studying alternative methods of behavioral intervention.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Between Nothing and Psychotherapy
    Writing and Its Applicants in Psychotherapy
    Applications of Workbooks in Psychotherapy
    Specific Applications of Workbooks
    Linking Theory with Workbooks in Psychotherapy: Possible If You Have the "Right" Theory
    Verifiability: Linking Theory with Research and Practice
    Psychotherapy in the 21st Century: What Is Going to Happen?
    Appendices
About the Author: LUCIANO L'ABATE is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Georgia State University. He is the author, editor or co-editor of 31 books, including Distance Writing and Computer-Assisted Interventions in Psychiatry and Mental Health (Ablex, 2001).
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