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Review”… promises… an exciting and gripping read for intelligent lay persons hungering for an inside glimpse into the world of psychotherapy,…” — Robert Perloff, PhD, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus Department of Psuychology, University of Pittsburgh”include comprehensive information about each theory… includes personal background about each clinician and critiques for each therapeutic approach. — Florence L. Denmark, PhD,Robert Scott Pace Distinguished Professor, and Chair Psychology Department, Pace University –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.Product DescriptionHow would therapists using different theoretical systems handle the very same client?This volume demonstrates how six therapists working within the structures of six different major theoretical orientations would treat the same person. Approaches include: Ericksonian Hypnotherapy (Lankton), REBT (Ellis), Multimodal Therapy (Lazarus), Individual Psychotherapy (Corsini), Person-Centered Therapy (Zimring), and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (McGrady). Each therapist explains the thinking that underpins his or her clinical interventions. It is this thinking aloud methodology which makes each chapter an invaluable text for psychotherapy students. Each chapter is followed by a critique by experts in the field. cheers,Bakr