Dealing with the therapeutic impasse is one of the most challenging tasks faced by therapists. This book presents the potential solutions offered by the integrity model of psychotherapy.

Dealing with the therapeutic impasse is one of the most challenging tasks faced by therapists. "Therapeutic Impasses and Encounters" describes how the Integrity Model of psychotherapy provides an original solution to dealing with difficult issues such as resistance, acting out, counter-transference, guilt, value clashes and cultural diversity. The integrity model is based on an existential approach to living and views psychological difficulties as stemming from a lack of fidelity to one's values. In this book, the authors explore how this approach to psychotherapy can enhance other therapeutic models or stand on its own to offer a valuable alternative perspective on the causes of mental illness. " Therapeutic Impasses and Encounters" provides a provocative and insightful presentation of the subject of impasses in psychotherapy, as well as dealing with associated issues including the role of values in psychotherapy, therapist responsibility, community and spirituality. It will be of great interest to counsellors and psychotherapists.

Integrity Therapy and the Integrity Model - An Introduction. Lander &
Nahon's Integrity Model: Theoretical Formulations. The Integrity Model in Practice. Working with Resistance in Psychotherapy Groups. Transference and Counter-transference: Therapeutic Dilemmas. Working with the Borderline Personailty Disorder. Working with the Antisocial Personality. Working with the Addict. Working with Post-Traumatic Stress. Working with the Schizophrenic, Schizitypal or Psychotic-Core Individual. Working with Difficult Couples and Families. Working with Cultural Diversity. Working with Medically Compromised Individuals. Dealing with Stress and Burn-Out in the Workplace. Dealing with Organizational Stress. Working with the Therapists in Distress. Training Issues.