Depressive Disorders Integrated and Unified Psychotherapy Approaches

Depressive Disorders uses an integrative view to explore the etiology of depression, its development, and maintenance and highlights contemporary unified psychotherapy approaches. The text includes case examples that illustrate how to use integrated and unified psychotherapy approaches to help patients with depressive disorders. Dr. Koenigsberg demonstrates how research-based approaches may be used to treat individuals with different types of depressive disorders, such as major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, and adjustment disorder with depression. It encourages therapists to recognize that the complex themes of the depressive disorders may be more fully realized within the context of integrated and unified psychotherapy perspectives. This text is essential for early-career and seasoned therapists, graduate students, and psychotherapy researchers who wish to explore the past and contemporary history of psychotherapy approaches in order to understand the depressive disorders.

Part I: Integrated and Unified Psychotherapy Approaches 1. What Are Integrated and Unified Psychotherapy Approaches? 2. A Brief History of Integrated and Unified Psychotherapy Approaches Part II: Integrated and Unified Psychotherapy Treatment Approaches for the Depressive Disorders 3. The Etiology of the Depressive Disorders: Themes that Underlie Integrated Psychotherapy Models of the Depressive Disorders 4. Major Depressive Disorder 5. Persistent Depressive Disorder 6. Bipolar Disorder 7. Cyclothymic Disorder 8. Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood Part III: Telehealth and Depression in the Age of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) 9. Depression in the Age of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) 10. Conclusion

Judy Z. Koenigsberg, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, licensed in Illinois, who has practiced integrated psychology for 28 years. She has earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Northwestern University and has authored several articles in psychology and sociology peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Koenigsberg’s previous book, Anxiety Disorders: Integrated Psychotherapy Approaches, was published in 2021. Her course, "Listening to the Language of Your Patients," is designed for mental health practitioners.