Reading List – Integrative Psychotherapy

General Foundations of Integrative Psychotherapy

These books provide an overview of integrative psychotherapy principles, theory, and practice.

  • Beitman, B. D., & Soth, A. M. (2006). Integrative psychotherapy: Toward a comprehensive understanding of the therapeutic process.
  • Brooks-Harris, J. E. (2008). Integrative multitheoretical psychotherapy.
  • Clarkson, P. (1992). Integrating psychotherapies: A guide to common clinical practice.
  • Gold, J., & Stricker, G. (2011). A casebook of psychotherapy integration.
  • Norcross, J. C., & Goldfried, M. R. (2019). Handbook of psychotherapy integration (3rd ed.).
  • Norcross, J. C. (2005). A primer on psychotherapy integration.
  • Messer, S. B. (1992). A critical examination of belief structures in integrative and eclectic psychotherapy.

2. Core Models of Integration

These books present major approaches used in integrative psychotherapy.

  • Castonguay, L. G., et al. (2005). Cognitive-behavioral assimilative integration.
  • Lazarus, A. A. (2005). Multimodal therapy.
  • Prochaska, J. O., & DiClemente, C. C. (2005). The transtheoretical approach.
  • Ryle, A. (2005). Cognitive analytic therapy.
  • Schneider, K. J. (2008). Existential-integrative psychotherapy.
  • Schneider, K. J., & Krug, O. T. (2010). Existential-humanistic therapy.
  • Stricker, G., & Gold, J. (2005). Assimilative psychodynamic psychotherapy.
  • Forman, M. D. (2010). A guide to integral psychotherapy: Complexity, integration, and spirituality in practice.

3. Technical Approaches and Skills

Books focusing on therapy techniques and core skills for integrative practitioners.

  • Hill, C. E. (2014). Helping skills: Facilitating exploration, insight, and action.
  • Good, G. E., & Beitman, B. D. (2006). Counseling and psychotherapy essentials: Integrating theories, skills, and practices.
  • McWilliams, N. (2020). Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process.
  • Goldfried, M. R. (1980). Toward the delineation of therapeutic change principles.
  • Ecker, B., Ticic, R., & Hulley, L. (2012). Unlocking the emotional brain: Eliminating symptoms at their roots using memory reconsolidation.
  • Miller, S. D., Duncan, B. L., & Hubble, M. A. (2005). Outcome-informed clinical work.
  • Watkins, C. E., Jr. (1997). Handbook of psychotherapy supervision.
  • Watkins, C. E., Jr., & Milne, D. L. (2014). The Wiley international handbook of clinical supervision.

4. Relationship and Process-Oriented Integration

Books focusing on the therapeutic relationship and interpersonal process.

  • Kahn, M. (1997). Between therapist and client: The new relationship.
  • Wachtel, P. L. (2018). Cyclical psychodynamics and integrative psychotherapy: A relational-systems approach.
  • Erskine, R. G., et al. (1999). Beyond empathy: A therapy of contact-in relationship.
  • Erskine, R. G. (2015). Relational patterns, therapeutic presence: Concepts and practice of integrative psychotherapy.
  • Moursund, J. P., & Erskine, R. G. (2003). Integrative psychotherapy: The art and science of relationship.
  • Frank, J. D., & Frank, J. B. (1991). Persuasion and healing: A comparative study of psychotherapy.
  • Norcross, J. C. (2011). Psychotherapy relationships that work: Evidence-based responsiveness.

5. Specialized Approaches in Integration

These books cover specific domains such as brief therapy, pharmacotherapy, and group therapy.

  • Levenson, H. (2017). Brief dynamic therapy.
  • Wolfe, B. E. (2005). Integrating pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
  • Yalom, I. D., & Leszcz, M. (2020). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy.
  • Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S., & Weishaar, M. E. (2003). Schema therapy: A practitioner’s guide.
  • Zimmerman, J., & Dickerson, V. (1996). If problems talked: Narrative therapy in action.

6. Mindfulness, Compassion, and Spirituality in Integration

Books on how mindfulness, compassion, and spirituality intersect with integrative psychotherapy.

  • Ingersoll, E., & Zeitler, D. (2010). Integral psychotherapy: Inside out/Outside in.
  • Rogers, C. R. (1951). Client-centered therapy: Its current practice, implications, and theory.
  • Gilbert, P. (2009). The compassionate mind: A new approach to life’s challenges.
  • McLeod, J. (2013). An introduction to counselling.
  • Cooper, M., & McLeod, J. (2011). Pluralistic counselling and psychotherapy.
  • van Deurzen, E. (2012). Existential counselling and psychotherapy in practice.

7. Classic and Influential Texts in Psychotherapy Integration

These are foundational and widely cited works influencing the field.

  • Norcross, J. C., & Halgin, R. P. (2005). Training in psychotherapy integration.
  • Wachtel, P. L. (1997). Psychoanalysis, behavior therapy, and the relational world.
  • Wachtel, P. L. (2011). Therapeutic communication: Knowing what to say when.
  • Corsini, R. J., & Wedding, D. (2010). Current psychotherapies (9th ed.).
  • Yalom, I. D. (2002). The gift of therapy: An open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients.