Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science An Iconoclastic Perspective /

• Main Author: L'Abate, Luciano. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychology, clinical.; Applied psychology.; Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4451-0

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 d...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Introduction to Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Toward a Science of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory and�Practice
• The Cults of Psychotherapy
• Beyond Reliability and Validity: Toward Specificity in Clinical Psychology�and Psychotherapy
• Stepped Care Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Concreteness:� Seven Psychological Orphans in Search of a Theory-Toward a Neo-behaviorist View
• Epilogue and Conclusions: Toward a Hierarchical Personnel Structure in Clinical��� Psychology and Psychotherapy.