Brief Psychotherapy Books
Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Analysis of the Key Principles
In this book, Dr. Penny Rawson succeeds in showing short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy to be an authentic and accepted method of therapy. She roots the concept in tradition and also introduces the... (more)
Time-limited psychotherapy in practice
This title uses vivid clinical descriptions of time-limited psychotherapy treatments and up-to-date research findings; describes what the treatments entail; discusses their outcome; and deals with... (more)
Brief NLP Therapy
A guide to the core concepts underpinning Neuro-Linguistic Programming. With its focus on enabling clients to find their
Psychotherapy and Mental Handicap
This thought-provoking book shows how psychotherapy can be an important and empowering resource for a client group that has frequently been denied such services - mentally handicapped people. The... (more)
Focused Psychotherapy: A Casebook of Brief Intermittent Psychotherapy Throughout the Life Cycle
Providing a strikingly clear description of this approach, the volume enables psychotherapists quickly to hone in on the client's true agenda, therefore avoiding unnecessarily long and drawn out... (more)
Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders: A Practical Guide to Solution Focused Work with Clients
Offering practitioners a guide to clinically sound treatment and drawing from her own clinical experience as founder of the Eating Disorders Recovery Centre, the author demonstrates the benefits of... (more)
Brief versus long psychotherapy: when, why, and how:
This work deals with the questions of which patients benefit most from long- term treatment, which do better in short-term treatment and which may even degenerate when seen in a long-term... (more)
Dynamic psychotherapy with the borderline patient
Presenting analytic-dynamic psychotherapy with the borderline patient, this volume discusses aspects of this type of psychotherapy, which is still one of the most useful approaches to borderline... (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)
Brief Strategic Therapy
An account of brief strategic therapy, covering its theory, application, and an interactional view of problem formation and resolution. The authors distinguish this method from others, illustrate... (more)
Brief Therapy with Individuals and Couples
Brief Therapy Strategies with Individuals and Couples is a sourcebook that brings together in a single place all the most effective strategies and interventions - across orientations - for... (more)
Narrative Therapies with Children and Adolescents
This work brings together an array of contributors to demonstrate how narrative and collaborative work with young people can foster unique and imaginative solutions to even the most challenging... (more)
Brief Therapy Client Handouts
This sourcebook contains a variety of client handouts that therapists can use in psycho-education with their clients, or to help promote their practices. They are suitable for photocopying onto the... (more)
Some stories are better than others: Doing what works in brief therapy and managed care
Exploring a variety of post-modern, social constructionist, and solution- focused ideas in therapy, these essays try to offer ideas and reflections on doing what works to improve mental health. (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)
Narrative Therapy: An Introduction for Counsellors: Second Edition
A challenging and thought-provoking work, intended to introduce narrative therapy techniques and practice to family therapists and counsellors working with individuals, couples, and families. A clear... (more)
Current thinking and research in brief therapy: Volume 1: Solutions, strategies, narratives
Building on the questions of where we are and where we are going, the editors have created an invitation to explore the future of Ericksonian- inspired therapy and to confirm the viability of... (more)
Evolving Possibilities: Selected Papers of Bill O'Hanlon
A collection of twenty papers written or co-written by O'Hanlon from 1986 to the present. They cover four different approaches to psychotherapy: Ericksonian approaches, Solution-oriented therapy,... (more)
The Practice of Brief Psychotherapy
The revised edition of this book presents an eclectic approach to brief psychotherapy, which advocates the use of any techniques that produce results rather than simply "espousing a particular... (more)
Paradox and the family system
Provides therapists with an understanding of the principles, applications and implications of paradoxical therapy, the rationale for the use of paradox in family therapy and the therapist's role in... (more)
Brief therapy with intimidating cases: Changing the unchangeable
A guide to using Brief Therapy, even in difficult cases thought curable only with long-term therapy. Using case histories, the authors reveal how their basic principals can be applied to complex,... (more)
Solution-Oriented Therapy for Chronic and Severe Mental Illness (Hardback)
See catalogue number 90552 for the paperback edition. Explaining how to use solution-oriented therapy to work with the severely mentally ill, this text uses case examples to illustrate how therapists... (more)
Time-Limited Therapy in a General Practice Setting
As general practitioners are increasingly capping provision of counselling sessions, time-limited therapy skills are becoming ever-more important to counsellors working alongside GPs. Time-limited... (more)
