Brief but Comprehensive Psychotherapy

by Lazarus, Arnold A.

• ISBN13: 9780826102737
• ISBN10: 0826102735
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-16
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

The current healthcare environment has created a need for short-term, time-limited, cost-effective and brief forms of psychotherapy, emphasizing efficiency and efficacy. The central message is "don't waste time." But how can one be brief and also comprehensive? In his latest addition to the psychotherapy literature, the prestigious Arnold Lazarus modernizes his eclectic and goal-oriented approach to psychotherapy. Dr. Lazarus employs and transcends customary methods of diagnosis and treatment by providing several distinctive assessment procedures and therapeutic recommendations. Using his traditional acronym-BASIC ID-he stresses the assessment of seven dimensions of a client's personality: Behavior Affect Sensation Imagery Cognition Interpersonal relationships (the need for) Drugs This volume contains many ideas that will augment and enhance the skills and clinical repertoires of every therapist.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Cyril M. Franks
Preface	xiii
Let's Cut to the Chase	1	(15)
Elucidating the Main Rationale	16	(9)
What Is the Multimodal Way?	25	(10)
Theories and Techniques	35	(11)
Multimodal Assessment Procedures: Bridging and Tracking	46	(11)
Multimodal Assessment Procedures: Second-Order BASIC ID. and Structural Profiles	57	(5)
Some Elements of Effective Brevity	62	(9)
Activity and Serendipity	71	(7)
Two Specific Applications: Sexual Desire Disorders and Dysthymia	78	(23)
Couples Therapy	101	(14)
Some Common Time Wasters	115	(8)
Epilogue	123	(4)
Appendix 1: Multimodal Life History Inventory	127	(16)
Appendix 2: Structural Profile Inventory	143	(2)
Appendix 3: Expanded Structural Profile	145	(4)
Appendix 4: Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire (Revised)	149	(2)
Appendix 5: Article on Eclecticism and Integration (1995)	151	(14)
References	165	(6)
Author Index	171	(4)
Subject Index	175