This psychoanalytically based psychotherapy requires the therapist to step out of the traditional mode. With its specific time limit and the concept of the central issue, this brings to the forefront of the treatment process the major psychological plague all human beings suffer, namely the wish to be close, to be as one with another, to be intimate, the fulfillment of which demands learning how to tolerate separation and loss without undue damage to our feelings about the self. (52 pp.)
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Handbook of Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
This book thoroughly describes ten different approaches to short-term dynamic psychotherapy: the traditional short therapies, including Time Limited Psychotherapy devised by James Mann, Short-Term Anxiety-Provoking Psychotherapy first developed by Peter Sifneos, and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy originated by Habib Davanloo. It then turns to newer approaches, ranging from the Vanderbilt Approach to Time-Limited Dynamic Therapy of Stress Response Syndromes, from Dynamic Supportive Psychotherapy to Brief Adaptive Psychotherapy. (603 pp.)
Make Every Session Count:Getting the Most Out of Your Brief Therapy
Brief therapy is the name of the game in health care today. Managed care systems, university counseling centers, and insurance companies have restructured the concept of therapy, demanding short-term, cost-effective procedures.
Make Every Session Count , the first client guide to brief therapy, allows patient and therapist to make the most out of those six to ten sessions. It’s an invaluable resource for agencies and therapists to provide to clients. (232 pages)
Reviews
“This book has lots of basic information and practical suggestions to help clients access services and set and achieve realistic treatment goals.”
—Michael F. Hoyt Ph.D.
“Anyone seeking therapy or counseling should read this book. It will save untold hours of frustration and thousands of dollars in fees. Most importantly, it can save your emotional life by ensuring that you get the help you need.”
—Matthew McKay Ph.D.
“You can and should be a full partner in your treatment. Make Every Session Count can help you do so.”
—Simon Budman Ph.D.
Handbook of Short-Term Psychotherapy
Brings together the common elements in the chief models of brief therapy and shows their effectiveness. Dynamic short term treatment has proved to have truly useful means of dealing with emotional problems in the vast majority of cases. (268 pp.)
