Interpersonal Process in Cognitive Therapy

This book is a classic in the field that anticipates many of the most recent developments in cognitive therapy such as the role of the therapeutic relationship, transference and countertransference, the emphasis on emotion, the implications of attachment theory, therapeutic resistance, unconscious processes, an emphasis on core schemas and the role of mindfulness. It also anticipates some of the more recent developments in relational psychoanalysis that emphasize the interdependence of technical and relational factors and that conceptualize the use of active interventions in relational terms. Beautifully written, it has a deeply humanistic and existential sensibility to it that never loses sight of the fundamentally human nature of the therapeutic enterprise. As forward looking today as when it was first written, this book should be required reading for therapists of all orientations.