Beitman (psychiatry, U. of Missouri-Columbia) and Yue (California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco) provide an updated edition of their textbook for programs training residents in psychotherapy. The second edition includes two new modules on basic listening skills and termination, and a new exp

The central lessons of this book are framed on one side by a theoretical overview in which essential therapeutic concepts and techniques are synthesized, and on the other side by a detailed review of frequently encountered concerns such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, couple/marital issues, and psychopharmacology. From the general to the specific, Good and Beitman keep their discussion grounded in the core processes of psychotherapy--engagement, pattern search, change, and termination--that facilitate therapeutic change InCounseling and Psychotherapy Essentials, students...