Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Distinctive Features

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Distinctive Features by Mavis Tsai, published by Routledge in 2012, offers a comprehensive overview of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP). This 145-page volume is presented in English and serves as a resource for clinicians seeking to enhance their therapeutic practices. The book distills the core principles, methods, and vision of FAP, linking each principle to its theoretical foundations, thereby providing a clear guide for application in clinical settings.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of FAP’s history and the behavioral principles that underpin it, along with a step-by-step guide for implementing FAP techniques. The text emphasizes the importance of awareness, courage, and love in the therapeutic process, making it relevant for both seasoned clinicians and graduate students, regardless of their behavioral background. This edition serves as a valuable handbook for those interested in psychology, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy, contributing to the ongoing discourse in mental health and behaviorism.
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This volume distils the core principles, methods, and vision of the approach. Each Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) principle is presented in terms of its intended purpose and is clearly linked to the underlying theory, thus providing clinicians with a straightforward guide for when and how to apply each technique.
FAP embraces awareness, courage, and love as integral to the treatment process. Part I of this volume reviews the history of FAP and the basic behavioral principles on which it is based. Part II provides an easy to use step-by-step guide to the application of FAP techniques.
FAP is an approach undergoing a renaissance, and this volume uniquely summarizes the full history, theory, and techniques of FAP, resulting in a handbook perfect for clinicians and graduate students with or without a behavioural background.
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