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Brief Psychotherapies: Changing Frames of Mind
Brief Psychotherapies Changing Frames of Mind Author:Dr. Thomas H. Peake, Charles M. Borduin, Robert P. Archer This book presents an array of suggestions and approaches for changing frames of mind -- both the patient's and the therapist's -- in the practice of brief psychotherapy. Therapy intervention which is brief and focused on specific developmental crises and passages -- rather than lengthy and open-ended traditional therapy - is increasingly necess... more »ary in the face of shrinking financial support and government policy.Brief psychotherapy is not merely less of the same but a specifically developed skill. The traditionally trained therapist or student must learn to view psychotherapy differently, to change his or her frame of mind to allow useful changes in the patient's frame of mind or assumptive world. The book will help psychotherapists practice brief psychotherapy effectively while reducing the risk of negative effects.Brief Psychotherapy presents the therapist with a working knowledge of the forms of brief psychotherapy and of the options available in techniques and strategies. Several major orientations, including psychodynamic, cognitive, strategic-systemic, existential and behavioural medicine are considered, as are various therapeutic contexts. Other issues addressed include the type of crucial choices the therapist must make in the beginning, middle and end of the therapy.« less