Brief Psychotherapies

by Peake, Thomas H.; Borduin, Charles M.; Archer, Robert P.

• ISBN13: 9780803928299
• ISBN10: 0803928297
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-02-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

Therapy intervention which is brief and focused on specific developmental crises and passages is increasingly necessary in the face of shrinking financial support and government policy. Brief psychotherapy is a specifically developed skill. Brief Psychotherapy presents the therapist with a working knowledge of the forms of brief psychotherapy, techniques and strategies. Several major orientations and therapeutic contexts are considered. Other issues addressed include the type of crucial choices the therapist must make during therapy.

Table of Contents

Overview

Changing Frames of Mind

Good Intentions and Bad Outcomes

Therapeutic and Countertherapeutic Qualities

Schools of Therapy and Contexts of Treatment

The Office Setting

Psychodynamic Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy

Cognitive Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy

Strategic-Systemic Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy

Contributions from the Family Therapy Field

The Medical Setting

Behavioral Medicine Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy

Short-Term Inpatient Treatment

Review and Recommendations

The Existential Landscape

Fiscal Realities

Observations, Speculations, and Suggestions

Existential Threads

Hindsight

Brief Psychotherapy by Design

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