The Levels of Analysis Paradigm: A Model for Individual and Systemic Therapy

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"The Levels of Analysis Paradigm" is this author's response to the "conceptual crisis" in clinical psychology. With over 250 psychotherapies, clinical psychology critically needs a theoretical thread to bind it together. The author proposes a model that views behaviour as functioning simultaneously on the individual and systemic levels and provides psychotherapy with a theoretical foundation. This approach focuses on human behaviour as a holistic process and applies systems theory to individual functioning. The book gives a brief history of clinical psychology as a critique of alternate therapy approaches. The tripartite approach to psychotherapy is then presented together with practical applications and case studies.

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"This book offers some original and excellent ideas that can be a distinct contribution to working with couples and with members of families. These ideas might work well in actual practice and be quite helpful to many marital and family therapies."-Albert Ellis, President, Institute for Rational-Emotive Therapy

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THOMAS A. SKURKY is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fort Lewis College. His specialty is Developmental Clinical Psychology.