Product Description: The goal of psychotherapy, simply put, is change - change for the better. In practical terms, that means figuring out which interventions, which kinds of therapy, work for different kinds of psychological problems or disorders. Which is the best choice? And more important, how can therapeutic change be measured? These questions have challenged practicing psychotherapists for decades...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text confronts the disturbing reality of patients getting worse while in treatment. With an awareness of society's legitimate right to question what psychotherapy does and how it does it, this book discusses the complex problems of when psychotherapy fails at its intent.