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Relational Integrative Psychotherapy: Engaging Process and Theory in Practice

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ISBN: 978-1-119-08730-4

October 2015

Wiley-Blackwell

288 pages

Description
Designed specifically for the needs of trainees and newly-qualified therapists, Relational Integrative Psychotherapy outlines a form of therapy that prioritizes the client and allows for diverse techniques to be integrated within a strong therapeutic relationship.
  • Provides an evidence-based introduction to the processes and theory of relational integrative psychotherapy in practice
  • Presents innovative ideas that draw from a variety of traditions, including cognitive, existential-phenomenological, gestalt, psychoanalytic, systems theory, and transactional analysis
  • Includes case studies, footnotes, ‘theory into practice’ boxes, and discussion of competing and complementary theoretical frameworks
  • Written by an internationally acclaimed speaker and author who is also an active practitioner of relational integrative psychotherapy
About the Author
LINDA FINLAY is a relational-centred, existential Integrative Psychotherapist (UKCP registered) in private practice. She has published numerous books, including Phenomenology for Therapists: Researching the Lived World (Wiley, 2011), Relational-centred Research for Psychotherapists: Exploring Meanings and Experience (with Ken Evans, Wiley, 2009) and The Practice of Psychosocial Occupational Theory (3rd edition, 2004). A frequent speaker at conferences and institutions across the UK and abroad, Linda also currently teaches with the Open University.