Messer (applied and professional psychology, Rutgers U.) and Gurman (psychiatry, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) offer a basic psychotherapy text that introduces advanced undergraduate and graduate students and trainees in all mental health professions to the 12 most influential forms of psychotherapy practiced today, including psychoanalytic, behavioral and cognitive, experiential and humanistic, systems-oriented, brief, integrative, and group approaches. For each therapy, specialist psychologists and psychiatrists from the US and Canada detail its historical background; concepts of personality, psychological health, and psychopathology; clinical assessment processes; strategies and techniques; the therapeutic relationship and stance of the therapist; curative factors or mechanisms of change; treatment applicability and ethical considerations; and research support and evidence-based practice. Vignettes and case examples are used for illustration. All chapters in this edition have been revised to incorporate recent clinical developments and research, and a new chapter on "third-wave" behavior therapies is included, as are DVD resources. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)