States and Processes for Mental Health: Advancing Psychotherapy Effectiveness presents a novel mechanism of action for psychotherapy, revealing how psychotherapy actually works by advancing key states and processes characterizing mental health. This new understanding is presented in three sections. The first section identifies 7 states and processes for mental health. The second section examines 15 major forms of psychotherapy and non-specific factors with a comprehensive overview of each, followed by an empirical and theoretical proof of concept showing how they do indeed enhance the states and processes for mental health. In the third section, the author explores conceptual and practical problems in the current approach to psychotherapy, whereby discrete forms of psychotherapy are oriented to remedying psychopathology. Dr. Bowins then offers a new trans-therapy approach applying general strategies and those derived from existing forms of psychotherapy, to advance each of the states and processes characterizing mental health.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. iii 2. Chapter 2. Activity - p. iii 3. Chapter 3. Psychological defense mechanisms - p. iii 4. Chapter 4. Social connectedness - p. iii 5. Chapter 5. Regulation - p. iii 6. Chapter 6. Human-specific cognition - p. iii 7. Chapter 7. Self-acceptance - p. iii 8. Chapter 8. Adaptability - p. iii 9. Chapter 9. Conclusion - p. iii 10. Chapter 10. Introduction - p. iii 11. Chapter 11. Acceptance and commitment therapy - p. iii 12. Chapter 12. Behavioral therapy - p. iii 13. Chapter 13. Cognitive therapy - p. iii 14. Chapter 14. Compassion-focused therapy - p. iii 15. Chapter 15. Emotion-focused therapy - p. iii 16. Chapter 16. Existential psychotherapy - p. iii 17. Chapter 17. Gestalt therapy - p. iii 18. Chapter 18. Interpersonal psychotherapy - p. iii 19. Chapter 19. Mindfulness-based therapy - p. iii 20. Chapter 20. Narrative therapy - p. iii 21. Chapter 21. Person-centered therapy - p. iii 22. Chapter 22. Positive psychotherapy - p. iii 23. Chapter 23. Problem-solving therapy - p. iii 24. Chapter 24. Psychoanalytic therapy - p. iii 25. Chapter 25. Rational-emotive therapy - p. iii 26. Chapter 26. Nonspecific factors - p. iii 27. Chapter 27. Conclusion - p. iii 28. Chapter 28. Problems with the discrete psychotherapy approach - p. iii 29. Chapter 29. Advancing psychotherapy effectiveness - p. iii 30. Concluding word - p. iii 31. Index - p. iii
States and Processes for Mental Health: Advancing Psychotherapy Effectiveness presents a novel mechanism of action for psychotherapy, revealing how psychotherapy actually works by advancing key states and processes characterizing mental health. This new understanding is presented in three sections. The first section identifies 7 states and processes for mental health. The second section examines 15 major forms of psychotherapy and non-specific factors with a comprehensive overview of each, followed by an empirical and theoretical proof of concept showing how they do indeed enhance the states and processes for mental health. In the third section, the author explores conceptual and practical problems in the current approach to psychotherapy, whereby discrete forms of psychotherapy are oriented to remedying psychopathology. Dr. Bowins then offers a new trans-therapy approach applying general strategies and those derived from existing forms of psychotherapy, to advance each of the states and processes characterizing mental health.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction - p. iii 2. Chapter 2. Activity - p. iii 3. Chapter 3. Psychological defense mechanisms - p. iii 4. Chapter 4. Social connectedness - p. iii 5. Chapter 5. Regulation - p. iii 6. Chapter 6. Human-specific cognition - p. iii 7. Chapter 7. Self-acceptance - p. iii 8. Chapter 8. Adaptability - p. iii 9. Chapter 9. Conclusion - p. iii 10. Chapter 10. Introduction - p. iii 11. Chapter 11. Acceptance and commitment therapy - p. iii 12. Chapter 12. Behavioral therapy - p. iii 13. Chapter 13. Cognitive therapy - p. iii 14. Chapter 14. Compassion-focused therapy - p. iii 15. Chapter 15. Emotion-focused therapy - p. iii 16. Chapter 16. Existential psychotherapy - p. iii 17. Chapter 17. Gestalt therapy - p. iii 18. Chapter 18. Interpersonal psychotherapy - p. iii 19. Chapter 19. Mindfulness-based therapy - p. iii 20. Chapter 20. Narrative therapy - p. iii 21. Chapter 21. Person-centered therapy - p. iii 22. Chapter 22. Positive psychotherapy - p. iii 23. Chapter 23. Problem-solving therapy - p. iii 24. Chapter 24. Psychoanalytic therapy - p. iii 25. Chapter 25. Rational-emotive therapy - p. iii 26. Chapter 26. Nonspecific factors - p. iii 27. Chapter 27. Conclusion - p. iii 28. Chapter 28. Problems with the discrete psychotherapy approach - p. iii 29. Chapter 29. Advancing psychotherapy effectiveness - p. iii 30. Concluding word - p. iii 31. Index - p. iii
