Interpersonal Process in Cognitive Therapy

This volume is a poignant rejoinder to those who believe cognitive-behavioral therapies lack emotional immediacy or fail to utilize the therapeutic relationship. It defines a cognitive-behavioral approach to interpersonal issues that employs a sharp focus on therapist-patient interactions. (Aaron T. Beck M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)

Safran and Segal have written an important and timely book. Equally at home in cognitive and interpersonal psychotherapy, they contribute significantly to the growing rapprochement between two major theoretical orientations and sets of techniques. Forward-looking theorists, therapists, and researchers are becoming united in assigning centrality to the therapeutic relationship and the experiential aspects of all therapeutic approaches. This excellent book clearly contributes materially to progress in this area. (Hans Strupp, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University)

This is a very impressive book and a major contribution. The approach is theoretically broad, clinically sophisticated, and heuristic. It is one of the few books on psychotherapy that will be of interest to three audiences: clinicians and researchers, as well as theoreticians. Neil Jacobson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Washington