Brief Psychotherapy Books
An Integrated Approach to Short-Term Dynamic Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide
Short-term dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy is an integrated, trauma-informed, contemporary, dynamic way of working with a range of mental health difficulties. Flexible though structured,... (more)
Understanding Davanloo's Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide for Clinicians
The objective of this book is to update dynamic psychotherapists on the latest findings in Davanloo’s Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (IS-TDP). Previous authors have sometimes presented a... (more)
Schopenhauer's Porcupines: Intimacy and it's Dilemmas
Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers like Deborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine through a fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines she recounts five true... (more)
Mastering Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Roadmap to the Unconscious
Over two decades, on two continents, Josette ten Have-de Labije and Robert J. Neborsky have struggled to define and perfect the therapeutic methods of Habib Davanloo. Between the two of them, they... (more)
Lives Transformed: A Revolutionary Method of Dynamic Psychotherapy
The world has long awaited compelling and unmistakable evidence for the validity of dynamic psychotherapy. A review in the present book shows that such evidence has been accumulating over the past... (more)
Brief Encounters with Couples
Deriving from a conference organised by the Tavistock Marital Studies Institute, the present volume draws the main focus of its inquiry from a few fundamental questions.
In its various brief... (more)
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique
Traditionally, psychoanalytic treatment has been a lengthy endeavour, requiring a long-term commitment from patient and analyst, as well as vast financial resources. More recently, short-term... (more)
Short-Term Psychotherapy: A Psychodynamic Approach: Second Edition
This new edition reflects the growing use of short term therapy across a variety of settings. Packed with new material on key issues, the book explores the therapeutic relation, the length of therapy... (more)
Brief Therapy for Couples: Helping Partners Help Themselves
New paperback edition. A complete guide to self-regulatory couple therapy, an innovative clinical approach that maximizes the couple's capacity for self-directed change. It presents a flexible... (more)
Doing Therapy Briefly
With lengthy waiting lists, reduced resources and demands for more clearly defined performance outcomes, more and more counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are finding themselves under... (more)
Even From a Broken Web: Brief, Respectful Solution-Oriented Therapy for Sexual Abuse and Trauma
More and more people are going to therapy with the problem of the after- effects of sexual abuse. This text povides clinicians with a forward- looking, respectful therapy that taps into, and honors,... (more)
Time-Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents: An Interactive Approach
At a time when there is increasing concern about the escalation of child and adolescent mental health problems, Time-limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents provides an... (more)
Boot Camp Therapy: Brief, Action-Oriented Clinical Approaches to Anxiety, Anger and Depression
In some cases long-term therapy that seeks to assess a client's history and gain insight over the course of many sessions isn't always possible. Immediate behavior change and concrete steps to fix... (more)
A Psychodynamic Approach to Brief Therapy
Illustrated throughout with clinical vignettes, this book is a comprehensive guide to psychodynamic brief counselling and psychotherapy. It is ideal for those looking for a practical introduction to... (more)
Short-Term Object Relations Couples Therapy: The Five-Step Model
Brief therapies have become popular - indeed a necessity - in today's managed care environment. Perhaps because it is one of the more complex psychoanalytical models, object relations theory for... (more)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Its Effective Use in Agency Settings
This is an essential work for any individuals or agencies seriously committed to integrating solution-focused principles and techniques beyond a superficial level. It demonstrates how... (more)
Solution Oriented Therapy for Chronic and Severe Mental Illness
This book offers a new and hopeful way to think about and intervene with those who have tough psychiatric problems or long histories of treatment. It offers an approach to therapy that emphasises... (more)
Brief Gestalt Therapy
Brief Gestalt Therapy demonstrates how the Gestalt approach can be used effectively in brief interventions with clients. Gestalt's distinctively integrative nature and emphasis on a highly... (more)
Time Limited Therapy in Primary Care: A Person-Centred Dialogue
''This book delineates the foundations and clinical work of person-centred counsellors in a practice setting. Six sessions are the maximum number of sessions typically available to clients in this... (more)
Handbook of Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
In this unique handbook, Frank Bond and Windy Dryden, have brought together a prominent cast of authors, to discuss issues concerning the definition, assessment and, in particular, the practice of... (more)
Brief Counselling: Narratives and Solutions
This book presents both solution focused and narrative approaches to brief counselling. Acknowledging the expertise of ordinary people in devising solutions to their problems, it reflects the current... (more)
Becoming a Solution Detective: Strengths-Based Guide to Brief Therapy
Encouraging the reader to become a 'solution detective' and to look for 'clues' to success in their own practice, this is a practical and accessible guide for therapists, counsellors and... (more)
Short-term Therapy for Long-term Change
In this time of rapidly changing expectations of psychological treatment, the authors address the following questions: Is it possible to effect deep, lasting, meaningful psychological change in a... (more)
Brief Therapy and Beyond: Stories, Language, Love, Hope, and Time
Brief Therapy and Beyond is a collection of new and selected papers by prominent psychologist Michael Hoyt. Numerous clinical vignettes and fascinating discussions describe time-sensitive treatments... (more)
Brief Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Cancer Patients: Re-Visioning the CBT Paradigm
Brief Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Cancer Patients is a practical, clinical guide that allows for the integration of techniques from multiple newer CBT models, organized around a clear conceptual... (more)