Theories and Paradigms of Counseling and Psychotheraphy

by Robert Rocco Cottone

780 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Kony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another required read for school. I like the central organizational premise of this textbook -- it classifies the various psychotherapeutic orientations by paradigm, which I think is a useful (and underused) framework. I also appreciate the way information is clearly laid out in each chapter: overview, history of founders, theory and practice, critiques, new developments. A lot of this was review for me, and I found it to be a helpful and decently concise refresher.

That said, I'm personally not a fan of the way the author defines psychotherapy and the role of the psychotherapist -- hierarchical, pathologizing, old-school.