| Summary: | Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a ScienceAn Iconoclastic Perspective� Luciano LAbate Since its inception, psychology has worked to establish itself as a legitimate scientific endeavor. Countless research studies have tested numerous theories and therapies, determining what works and what doesnt, and building a vast store of empirical knowledge. Now a startling and provocative new volume suggests that the problem withthe evidence base is that it is not scientific enoughand that the major modes of therapy are on their way out.� In Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science, Luciano LAbate expands on his previously controversial ideas, taking to task the one-to-one, face-to-face, talking-cure paradigm that has been entrenched for over a century. Citing the rise of self-help manuals, workbooks, written interactive practice exercises, and websites, he predicts the continued ascendance of writing in communication and healing, and details the contributions of technology in creating less-invasive homework-based interventions. These are presented as an efficient, cost-effective, and replicable alternative to traditional forms of therapy, and the author explains how their therapeutic gains can be achieved without sacrificing the therapeutic relationship. Included in the coverage are:� " The case for distance writing and computer conferences. " Beyond reliability and validity: the quest for specificity. " Stepped care research in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. " Concreteness, or seven orphaned concepts in search of a theory. " Toward a hierarchical personnel structure in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. " Plus an appendix of supplemental workbooks for adults, children, adolescents, and families.� As with the authors other works, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science will spark debate and interest among researchers and clinical psychologists and psychotherapists.
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