Description

Dryden’s Handbook of Individual Therapy introduces the field of individual therapy by examining the major approaches used by counsellors, psychotherapists, and other helping professionals. The book presents therapy as a process in which trained practitioners help individuals understand their thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationships, and life challenges.

The introduction emphasizes that individual therapy has developed through many different theoretical traditions, each offering its own explanation of human difficulties and its own methods for supporting change. Rather than presenting one approach as universally correct, the book explores the diversity of therapeutic models and encourages readers to understand their principles, applications, strengths, and limitations.