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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... example, a young woman complained to us of being criticized unmercifully by her husband at every turn. She would take it and take it, and then lose it in rage and feel very guilty. In her guilt, she would review all of her past mistakes ...
... example, returning to our single case in the clinic, the single step of giving and not getting leads by redundancy into the moral bog. The patient who compensates herself with a moral claim of taking or forcing her due, leads by ...
... example, yesterday a patient of mine after 2 years of grief from the death of her husband began to be a little bold at her dance class and invited a pleasant man out for coffee afterwards. He was glad to unburden himself, as he too had ...
... example, the patient shows himself very nervous for my approval. This is because the histories are essentially circular, and the patient has been going around the same circle his or her whole life. He or she has just gone too far again ...
... example of helpfulness that is realistic, and so the patient will have realistic ideas about my help. This history of helping relationships also gets us outside of the present picture in the room, which may mislead us about the ...
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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 | |