Short description:

Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, Fourth Edition, targets the most common diagnostic conditions seen in everyday counseling and psychotherapy practice and integrates DSM-5-TR criteria with the Adlerian view of psychopathology and psychotherapy. It highlights cases that Adler himself treated or consulted on.

Long description:

Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, Fourth Edition, targets the most common diagnostic conditions seen in everyday counseling and psychotherapy practice and integrates DSM-5-TR criteria with the Adlerian view of psychopathology and psychotherapy. It highlights cases that Adler himself treated or consulted on.

This reader-friendly guide provides essential, clinically valuable information for understanding and treating individuals living with each disorder. Engaging case examples include DSM diagnoses, Adlerian case conceptualizations, treatment interventions, therapeutic challenges, and clinical outcomes. This blending of psychopathology and effective psychotherapy is exactly what trainees and practicing clinicians need to effect therapeutic change in clients.

Written by practicing clinicians with expertise in specific disorders, this book will be an invaluable resource to both novice and experienced clinicians, as well as students.

"Drs. Len Sperry, Jon Sperry, and Marina Bluvshtein provide an articulate and elegant bridge between contemporary DSM-5-TR diagnosis and Adlerian case conceptualization. This bridge is simply remarkable; it gives clinicians a rare opportunity to use a psychosocial and neurobiologically informed foundation (Adlerian theory) to construct effective diagnostically oriented treatments that address unique client needs."

 John Sommers-Flanagan, Professor of Counseling at the University of Montana, USA

"Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: DSM-5-TR Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization and Treatment, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive and practical guide for understanding the psychological disorders. Engaging case studies make this book invaluable to practitioners and students. The "8-P? model will be indispensable in bridging the psychopathology and psychotherapy gap." 

Terry Kottman, founder of the Encouragement Zone and author of Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond

"This new edition offers a unique perspective for bridging the gap between psychopathology and effective psychotherapy. Unlike other textbooks, it emphasizes the crucial connection between diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment strategies with numerous real-life case studies. Written by experienced practitioners, it is a must-have for anyone seeking to enhance their psychotherapy practice in the DSM-5-TR era."

Nestor D. Kapusta, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Table of Contents:

1.     Overview:  Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, Culture, and Treatment Len Sperry

2.     Adlerian Case Conceptualization Len Sperry

3.     Personality Disorders Len Sperry 

4.     Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Courtney Evans, Jill Duba Sauerheber, and James Robert Bitter 

5.     Depressive and Bipolar Disorders Dinko S. Aleksandrov and Paul R. Rasmussen 

6.     Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders Marina Bluvshtein, Sara Saeedi, and Pamela Oberoi 

7.     Eating Disorders Susan Belangee and Lyuba Bobova

8.     Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders Len Sperry and Jon Sperry

9.     Dissociative Disorders Len Sperry, Jon Sperry, and Mindy Parsons

10.  Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Neil Bockian, Elena Silberman Scott, Marina Bluvshtein, and Kaitlyn Richard 

11.  Sleep-Wake Disorders Jennifer N. Williamson, Daniel G. Williamson, and Miller ?Rocky? Garrison

12.  Sexual Dysfunctions and Gender Dysphoria Noah Thorne, Lindsay Hill, and Sharyl Trail 

13.  Neurodevelopmental, Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders Noah Thorne and Erik Mansager

14.  Substance Use Disorders Hannah Hlavacek, Gerardo Casteleiro, and Jon Sperry

15. Neurocognitive Disorders Len Sperry and Marina Bluvshtein