Pluralistic therapy: distinctive features offers an introduction to what is distinctive about this increasingly popular method.

John McLeod is Professor 2 of Psychology at the University of Oslo, and Professor of Counselling at the Institute for Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dublin.

Introduction

Distinctive theoretical/conceptual features of pluralistic therapy

1. A brief summary of how pluralistic therapy works
2. Pluralism
3. Theory
4. Context
5. Ways of knowing
6. Care
7. Evidence
8. Design
9. Purpose
10. Collaboration
11. Dialogue
12. Preference
13. Deciding
14. Method
15. Understanding

Distinctive aspects of the practice of pluralistic therapy

16. Beginning
17. Therapist style
18. The menu
19. Metacommunication
20. The bigger picture
21. Collaborative case formulation
22. Goals
23. Tasks
24. Feedback
25. Cultural resources
26. Space
27. Trying things out
28. Persistence
29. Supervision
30. Ending