Theories of Psychotherapy: Origins and Evolution

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Paul L. Wachtel is CUNY Distinguished Professor at City College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is Past President of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration and is the winner of the 2010 Hans H. Strupp Memorial Award for Psychoanalytic Writing, Teaching, and Research, the 2012 Distinguished Psychologist Award by Division 29 of the APA (Psychotherapy), and the 2013 Scholarship and Research Award by Division 39 of the APA (Psychoanalysis).

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Stanley B. Messer, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Past president of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, he is a Fellow in several American Psychological Association societies and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Messer has published extensively on the application of psychodynamic theory and research to brief and integrative therapies, as well as on evidence-based practice. He has also conducted empirical research on the process of psychotherapy. Dr. Messer is associate editor of the online journal Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy and maintains a clinical practice in Highland Park, New Jersey. Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. Past president of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Board of Professional Psychology, and the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Pepperdine University.

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