Psychotherapy Isn't What You Think

This book draws on the author's half century of experience in teaching, consulting with, and supervising psychotherapists throughout the world. He begins with the premise that the field has become too preoccupied with information: collecting information from the client and then feeding that information back to the client in different forms. The author then explains how and why ...

This book draws on the author's half century of experience in teaching, consulting with, and supervising psychotherapists throughout the world. He begins with the premise that the field has become too preoccupied with information: collecting information from the client and then feeding that information back to the client in different forms. The author then explains how and why shifting away from information gathering to attending to what is actually happening in the therapy room increases the effectiveness of the therapeutic interaction.

詹姆斯·F. T.布根塔尔（James F. T. Bugental，1915—2008）

美国存在分析心理学家和心理治疗家，美国人本主义心理学的创立者之一，美国人本主义心理学会的任主席，存在主义心理学的主要代表之一，心理学服务协会的创建者。他与马斯洛以及其他心理学家共同创立了人本主义心理学；与罗洛?梅一起创立了存在-人本主义心理学，为传播人本主义心理学的理论建构和临床应用做出了重大贡献。其代表作有《心理治疗的精进》（The Art of the Psychotherapist）、《心理咨询不是你想的那样》（Psychotherapy Isn't What You Think）等。