Very Brief PsychotherapyRoutledge, 11. 1. 2013 - 228 strán (strany) As the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology are increasingly driven by the economics of the HMO or Mental Health Center, practitioners in any setting, whether it be private practice or university clinic, are now forced to develop more concrete procedures and models in order to practice more efficiently. This book presents a set of procedures for brief therapy that are based entirely on the four common dynamics of psychiatry. By following the model set forth in this book, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and mental health workers will be able to build an entire brief therapy program based upon the initial conditions for each patient. In Very Brief Psychotherapy, Dr. James Gustafson provides the reader with the tools and techniques to make a discernable difference in a patient's life in only a few moments. The majority of people seeking help from mental health professionals are not pathological, but are most often stuck in self-imposed cyclical patterns of behavior from which they cannot escape. It is the first step in any situation that leads to the iteration of the familiar circle, and it is in this single step that the clinician can effect decisive change. Given a window of only five or ten minutes, the practitioner armed with this approach can help a patient break out of the repeating pattern, move around the impasse, and take the first step onto a new trajectory. Very Brief Psychotherapy can help the practitioner make meaningful interventions in real world time, and in less than ideal circumstances, will radically change the reader's concepts of what can be accomplished in a day, in a clinical hour, or even in a single moment. |
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... dream, and once a week I can take an hour in my brief psychotherapy clinic to do a videotaped interview about a case of particular interest that is stuck and needs my opinion about how to get unstuck. But the usual chance is taken in 10 ...
... dream as “wish-fulfillment” (1900/1975a): I will have my way, and get just what I want. Now, that is a childish position which is very intransigent in the human being and is very difficult to get past. Balint (1952, 1968; Gustafson ...
... dream of conquering the world, and the world's own game which is not so fitting after all, for one's dearest plans. Thus, the Cheshire Cat in Alice (Carroll, 1865/1985; Gustafson, 1986/1997a, chap. 19) continually comments to Alice from ...
... dream of him- or herself is in serious jeopardy. So, what will it take for the patient to step back from having gone too far, and thus be able once more to contain him- or herself? Also, how will the patient make his or her container ...
... dream to make the diagnosis and treatment, for it is the best X-ray we have in psychiatry (Gustafson, 1997b, 2000). But the main step is containment, and so I will confine myself to the main step, and its essentials, unless there is ...
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The Compensations for Unbearable Anxiety and Depression | |
Schooling against False Claims | |
Walking Forward to Read the Exchanges in Work and Love | |
The Opposing Current to Pushing | |
The Opposing Current to Guilt | |
The Work Impasse | |
Background | |
Drawings and Letters | |
A Theoretical Note on the Scaffolding of This Book | |
References | |
Index | |