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, practitioners will be able to build an entire brief therapy program based upon the initial conditions for each patient.
Key Features
- Tools and techniques: Provides readers with methods to make a discernable difference in a patient's life in only a few moments.
- Focus on non-pathological individuals: Addresses the majority of people seeking help who are often stuck in self-imposed cyclical patterns of behaviour.
- Decisive change: Emphasises the importance of the first step in any situation, allowing clinicians to effect change.
- Effective in real-world time: Enables practitioners to make meaningful interventions in less than ideal circumstances.
Additional Information
In Very Brief Psychotherapy, Dr. James Gustafson explains that 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 radically change the reader's concepts of what can be accomplished in a day, in a clinical hour, or even in a single moment.
