Exploring Three Approaches to Psychotherapy

Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He is a leading authority on working with emotion in psychotherapy and the developer of emotion-focused therapy. He has, with colleagues, authored the major texts on emotion-focused approaches to treatment of individuals and couples, from the original work on emotion in psychotherapy and emotionally focused couples therapy in the 1980s to his more recent books, Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression (2005); Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power (2008); and Emotion-Focused Therapy (2011).Nancy McWilliams, PhD, is the author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process (1994, rev. ed. 2011), Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999), and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide (2004), and is associate editor of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006). She teaches at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.Amy Wenzel, PhD, is owner of Wenzel Consulting, LLC, clinical assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, adjunct faculty at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, speakers bureau member for Cross Country Education, and an Affiliate of the Postpartum Stress Center. She is an internationally recognised expert on cognitive therapy and regularly provides in-person workshops, webinars, and intensive supervision. Dr. Wenzel has authored or edited 12 books, including Strategic Decision Making in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2013), Group Cognitive Therapy for Addictions (2012), Anxiety in Childbearing Women: Diagnosis and Treatment (2011), and Cognitive Therapy for Suicidal Patients: Scientific and Clinical Applications (2009). She has published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters on diverse topics such as cognitive processes in psychopathology, perinatal distress, suicide prevention, and interpersonal relationships.