The Dilemmas of Brief PsychotherapyHealth care reform has made short-term psychotherapy an increasingly popular treatment option. This informative volume explores the potential of brief psychotherapy through four paradigmatic modes of the individual's relationship to others: subservience, indecisiveness, entitlement, and fundamental fault - the latter of which deals with long-term, family-related emotional problems. The Dilemmas of Brief Psychotherapy uses cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, and systems approaches to show clinical psychology practitioners and students how to decipher and respond to the narratives of patients' lives. James Gustafson's highly readable treatise arms the modern practitioner with solutions to the myriad of problematic situations encountered throughout the course of a brief psychotherapy. |
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James Paul Gustafson. Chapter 1 The Freshness of First Sessions She was looking for what she calls " characteristic moments . " " That's when people actually take control of their interview ... Sessions Who Is Looking for Something.
James Paul Gustafson. Chapter 1 The Freshness of First Sessions She was looking for what she calls " characteristic moments . " " That's when people actually take control of their interview ... Sessions Who Is Looking for Something.
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... sessions a year , because I thought she needed several years to make a very big turnaround . I did not think she needed more sessions with me than one a month . After a year and a half , she was clear about how she had been fooled by ...
... sessions a year , because I thought she needed several years to make a very big turnaround . I did not think she needed more sessions with me than one a month . After a year and a half , she was clear about how she had been fooled by ...
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James Paul Gustafson. We had ten sessions before she was to leave for Chicago . If ever there was a mark , she was it . Each session was a variation of somebody taking cruel advantage . I would ask what was so surprising ? She would tell ...
James Paul Gustafson. We had ten sessions before she was to leave for Chicago . If ever there was a mark , she was it . Each session was a variation of somebody taking cruel advantage . I would ask what was so surprising ? She would tell ...
Contents
Selective Inattention | 1 |
BEGINNING MIDDLE AND ENDING DILEMMAS | 7 |
What Is the Gap in the Story | 13 |
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