{"product_id":"doing-psychotherapy-effectively-mona-sue-weissmark-9780226891675","title":"Doing Psychotherapy Effectively","description":"Psychotherapy is a $2.5 billion business in the United States, but no one can answer the basic question of how therapy works. No watchdog groups rank therapists for potential consumers; no one school of thought has proven to be superior to another. And no method has emerged for determining what makes therapy successful for some but not for others. \u003ci\u003eDoing Psychotherapy Effectively\u003c\/i\u003e proposes much-needed answers to the puzzling questions of what therapists actually do when they are effective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMona Sue Weissmark and Daniel A. Giacomo offer a unique mode of evaluation that focuses not on a particular school of therapy but on the relationship between therapist and patient. Their approach, the \"Harvard Psychotherapy Coding Method,\" begins with the assumption that good therapeutic relationships are far from intuitive. Successful relationships follow a pattern of behaviors that can be identified and quantified, as the authors demonstrate through clinical research and videotaped sessions of expert therapists. Likewise, positive changes in the patient, observed through client feedback and case studies, can be described operationally; they involve the process of overcoming feelings of detachment, helplessness, and rigidity and becoming more involved, effective, and adaptable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeissmark and Giacomo explain and ground these principles in the practice of psychotherapy, making \u003ci\u003eDoing Psychotherapy Effectively\u003c\/i\u003e an accessible and pragmatic work which will give readers a tool for measuring therapeutic effectiveness and further understanding human transformation. For the first time, successful therapy is described in a way that can be practiced and communicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mona Sue Weissmark,Daniel A. Giacomo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226891674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226891675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.33w x 0.79d","brand":"Mona Sue Weissmark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086428647679,"sku":"9780226891675","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_110b34f3-0d83-4398-a2d9-1945a90630fb.jpg?v=1769094619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doing-psychotherapy-effectively-mona-sue-weissmark-9780226891675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}