Modern Integrative Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Step-by-Step Approach - Paperback

by F. Michler Bishop (Author)

This practical, affordable guide for integrating multiple clinical approaches into mental health treatment plans shows therapists how to structure sessions and evidence-based techniques to benefit individual clients, including within the constraints of short-term modalities.

Author Biography

F. Michler Bishop, Ph.D., is in private practice in New York City after retiring from the Albert Ellis Institute (AEI) where he worked closely with Dr. Ellis for over twenty years, running groups and workshops. During his long career, he has advocated for a compassionate, goal-focused modern therapeutic approach, integrating a variety of research-based treatment options with alternative healing techniques and activities that a client has found helpful in the past. The overall objective is to create a unique therapy for each client. As national vice president of SMART Recovery(R), he was instrumental in the development of SMART Recovery's Four-Point Program. He has conducted numerous workshops on CBT, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), MI and SMART Recovery in the United States and internationally. He worked at AEI for over thirty-five years, seeing clients with a wide variety of problems, including anxiety and mood disorders, and impulse control and relationships issues.