Integrative Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide

The inherently integrative approach of positive psychotherapy.

“…Asserting that therapeutic practice should be determined by the clients' needs rather than theory, O'Brien and Houston (2000) assert that “An integrative stance would require, in addition, that the therapist pauses to think how the effect of a given intervention can be explained theoretically” (italics original, p. 128). As mentioned in the introduction to this article, Peseschkian provides a comparison of PPT vis-à-vis Freudian psycho-analysis, behavior therapy, Adlerian individual psychology, Jungian psychology, Frankl's logotherapy, Rogerian conversation therapy, Perl's gestalt therapy, Janov's primal scream therapy, and transactional analysis.…”

Investigating the depression‐anxiety link in clients receiving Integrative Counselling

“…Integrative Counselling incorporates both cognitive and interpersonal elements in understanding and treating psychopathology, an integration that recognises the interconnections between different forms of distress (e.g., anxiety and depression) and different types of processes (i.e., interpersonal, emotional, cognitive, and behavioural). Drawing on concepts and techniques from the humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive‐behavioural perspectives, Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy aim to reduce depression and anxiety by helping clients develop personal insight into the feelings, thoughts, and behaviours that maintain such difficulties (Gilbert & Orlans, ; O'Brien & Houston, ). Through attentive listening and non‐judgemental response, the therapist facilitates the development of alternative ways of looking at and engaging with the world and the self, encouraging a more authentic and open experience.…”

Attachment theory and psychotherapy integration: An introduction and review of the literature.

“…Schema therapy, (Dorr, 2005) an integration of cognitive therapy with psychodynamic and other models, incorporates ideas about attachment relationships into its theory of motivation and of cognitive representations, and utilizes these ideas in reference to the therapeutic relationship as well. O'Brien & Houston (2007) incorporated attachment theory into the foundations of their developmentally oriented integration of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and experiential psychotherapies by suggesting that the secure attachment that exists between patient and therapist is a crucial precondition for change, regardless of the specific theory or interventions that are used. These authors also write that this secure attachment may serve a powerful reparative function as a corrective for the early interpersonal injuries that are at the heart of the patient's dysfunctional perceptions, cognitions, and behaviors.…”