Psychopathology and Psychotherapy: Dsm-5-Tr Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment - Paperback

by Len Sperry (Editor), Jon Sperry (Editor), Marina Bluvshtein (Editor)

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.

Author Biography

Len Sperry is Professor at Florida Atlantic University and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

He co-edits the Journal of Individual Psychology and co-authored: Learning and Practicing Adlerian Therapy.

Jon Sperry is Associate Professor at Lynn University and staff therapist at Florida Atlantic University, a diplomate in Adlerian Psychology, and co-editor of the Journal of Individual Psychology.

Marina Bluvshtein is professor and director of the Center for Adlerian Practice and Scholarship at Adler University, and president of the International Association of Individual Psychology.