Clinical Strategies for Becoming a Master Psychotherapist

Dr. William O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He obtained his B.S. in Psychology from University of Urbana-Champaign and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook. Dr. O’Donohue’s research focuses on quality in mental health service delivery, integrated care, human sexuality, forensic psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and philosophy of psychology. For the last three decades, he has directed a free psychological treatment center for sexual assault victims. He has served on the American Psychiatric Association’s advisory committee to revise the diagnosis of pedophilia for the DSM5, and he has published more than 10 books with Elsevier, including Handbook of Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology and Forensic Interviews Regarding Child Sexual Abuse. Nicholas A. Cummings, Ph.D., Sc.D. is the President of the Foundation for Behavioral Health and Chairman of the Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foundation, Inc. He was the founding CEO of American Biodyne (MedCo/Merck, then Merit, now Magellan Behavioral Care). He is also the former President of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Cummings was the founder of the four campuses of the California School of Professional Psychology, the National Academies of Practice, the American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association, and the National Council of Professional Schools of Psychology. He was also the Chief Psychologist (Retired) at Kaiser Permanente. He was the former Executive Director of the Mental Research Institute. Currently, Dr. Cummings is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.Janet L. Cummings, PsyD., is President of the Nicholas & Dorothy Cummings Foudation, Inc., and former staff psychologist at American Biodyne (MedCo, now Merit Behavorial Care). She earned her Doctorate at the School of Professional Psychology, Wright State University, 1992.

• 1. The Art and Science of Psychotherapy2. Enhancing Client Motivation to Change3. The Therapeutic Alliance: Cultivating and Negotiating the Therapeutic Relationship4. Narrative Psychotherapy as Effective Story-Making: An Introduction5. Recognizing and Dealing with Cultural Influences in Psychotherapy6. Effective Understanding and Dealing with Manipulation7. Recognizing and Dealing with Transference8. The Temporal Structure of Therapy: Key Questions often Associated with Different Phases of Sessions and Treatments (Plus Twenty-one Helpful Hints)9. Resistance as an Ally in Psychotherapy10. Enhancing Psychotherapy through Appropriate Entry Points11. Dealing with Feelings of Depression12. Designing and Assigning Effective Homework13. Skills Training: How the Master Clinician Understands and Teaches Competencies14. Using Tasks in Ericksonian Psychotherapy15. Using Acceptance in Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy16. Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Goes to Hollywood: The Treatment of Performance Anxiety in Cinema17. The Importance of Novelty in Psychotherapy18. Interruption Replaces Termination in Focused, Intermittent Psychoterapy throughout the Life Cycle19. Suicidal Patients: The Ultimate Challenge for Master Psychotherapists