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• Title:The human elements of psychotherapy : a nonmedical model of emotional healing / David N. Elkins ; foreword by Barry L. Duncan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Elkins, David N., author.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2016]
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM420 .E43 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 06-12-2024
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM420 .E43 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Psychotherapy.
  Psychotherapy--Social aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Psychotherapy.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:xiv, 155 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"The dominant paradigm in psychotherapy is the medical model, which views therapy as a clinical treatment rather than a healing interpersonal connection. Words like patient, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and modalities reflect this medically oriented view of therapy. In this book, David Elkins cogently argues that while the medical model remains widely accepted, science shows it to be inappropriate. A wealth of evidence suggests that healing occurs through human connection and social interaction, not modalities and techniques. Elkins presents a nonmedical model of psychotherapy--one that places common factors, particularly human factors, at the center and moves modalities and techniques to the periphery. In this concise volume, he summarizes the supporting evidence from various fields, including clinical psychology, attachment theory, social relationships research, neuroscience, and evolutionary theory. All of these fields show that humans are evolved to develop, maintain, and restore our emotional well-being through human connection and social interaction. Thus, psychotherapy can best be understood as an expression of social healing. After presenting this model and its vast supporting evidence, Elkins then discusses important implications for clinical research, training, and practice." -- Publisher's description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781433820663 hardcover
  1433820668 hardcover
  
• Contents:Clinical psychology : clinical evidence for a nonmedical model
  Attachment theory and social relationships research : the power of human connection and social interaction
  Neuroscience and evolutionary theory : how our brains are evolved to heal through social means
  Moral treatment : a historical example of healing through social means
  Summary of the model and implications for clinical research, training, and practice.