num_pages: 155
description: This book presents a nonmedical model of psychotherapy--one that places common factors particularly human factors at the center and moves modalities and techniques to the periphery. In a concise volume Elkins summarizes the supporting evidence from various fields including clinical psychology attachment theory social relationships research neuroscience and evolutionary theory. All of these fields show that humans are evolved to develop maintain and restore our emotional well-being through human connection and social interaction. Thus psychotherapy can best be understood as an expression of social healing. After presenting this model and its vast supporting evidence Elkins then discusses important implications for clinical research training and practice. The book also features a foreword by Barry L. Duncan author of On Becoming a Better Therapist.
language: English
title: The Human Elements of Psychotherapy: A Nonmedical Model of Emotional Healing
publisher: American Psychological Association