Handbook of Contemporary Psychotherapy: Toward an Improved Understanding of Effective Psychotherapy

Introduction: Where Science meets Practice - William O'Donohue, Steven GraybarCh 2: The Scientist Practitioner and Dynamic Constructs - Michael LavinCh 3: The (Dramatic) Process of Psychotherapy - Jeffrey ZeigCh 4: Avoiding an Ice Patch on the Slippery Slope: Clinical Practice and the issue of repressed memories - William Follette, Deborah DavisCh 5: Theory and Methods for Studying the Influence of Unconscious Processes - Deborah Davis, Aaron McVeanCh 6: Meditation, Ego and I: Who, exactly, is in conflict? - Kenneth ClokeCh 7: Family Influences and Ecological Context - James Maddock, Linda Friel, Linda FrielCh 8: A Psychoanalytical Understanding of the Death Instinct: Problems in Receiving the Good Object - Robert WaskaCh 9: Countertransference: A foundation of Psychotherapy - Jeffrey CorpuelCh 10: Projective Identification - Patricia ChathamCh 11: Mindfulness: Being Mindful in Psychotherapy - Akihiko Masuda, Kelly WilsonCh 12: The Science of Forgiveness - David Antonuccio, Robert JacksonCh 13: Dream/Work in Psychotherapy: A narrative common-sense approach - Lois ParkerCh 14: Shame - William HahnCh 15: Treatment of Clients who are struggling with Depression - James Overholser, Nicole PeakCh 16: Therapeutic Boundaries and Effective Therapy: Exploring the Relationships - Ofer ZurCh 17: Terminating Psychotherapy Therapeutically - Steven Graybar

William T. O'Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist and is widely recognized in the field for his proposed innovations in mental health service delivery, in treatment design and evaluation, and in knowledge of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapies. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement for Behavior Therapy and served on the Board of Directors of this organization. Dr. O'Donohue has an exemplary history of successful grant funding and government contracts. Since 1996, he has received over $1,500,000 in federal grant monies from sources including the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Justice. In addition, Dr. O'Donohue has published his work prolifically. He has edited over twenty books, and written thirty-five book chapters on various topics and published reviews for seven books. Furthermore, he has published more than seventy-five articles in scholarly journals. Dr. O'Donohue is currently directing a major grant funded project involving integrated care. This project is a treatment development/outcome evaluation project. Specially trained psychologists are placed into primary care and five sets of variables are examined: 1) patient satisfaction; 2) provider satisfaction; 3) clinical change; 4) functional change; and 5) medical utilization change. Dr. O'Donohue is a national expert in training clinicians in integrated care and developing quality improvement projects in integrated care.