This classic work provides a richly textured overview of the "whys" and "hows" of brief therapy. The authors identify the central features of effective, time-limited interventions for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Taking a developmental approach to treatment, they explain how brief therapy can help at different times in a patient's life, as changes and transitions bring on new stresses and challenges. A practical framework is provided for selecting and screening patients, rapidly finding a focus for clinical work, and making optimal use of available time. Case examples and extensive transcripts are included to illustrate the use of strategies and techniques drawn from many different psychotherapy perspectives. Throughout, the focus is on creative and efficient ways to help patients build on existing strengths and make desired changes in their interactions with others.

Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gurman, Alan S.

Budman, Simon H.

Mental Health

The Guilford Press

By Alan S. Gurman &amp; David G. Rice on marital Therapy.

Couples in Conflict: New Directions in Marital Therapy

Rice, David G.

Psychology & Counseling

Jason Aronson, Inc.

Couples in Conflict

Self-Help

Relationships

This book goes beyond the hype and dazzle of the marketplace to explore therapy as it is experienced by clinicians in daily practice. It is in the marriages between therapists and couples, presented in painstaking and enlightening detail, that the fascination of the book lies. The cases read like short stories and one can't wait to find out how they are going to turn out.' from the jacket

Casebook of Marital Therapy

Making explicit connections between theory and practice, this outstanding collection of 14 full-length cases reflects the gamut of difficulties therapists typically encounter with couples, such as intimacy, jealousy, distance conflicts, and problems with family members outside the marital relationship.

Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this acclaimed handbook and clinical text provides comprehensive coverage of the full range of couple therapy interventions. Noted contributors, many of whom developed the approaches they describe, combine clear conceptual and historical exposition with hands-on presentations of therapeutic strategies and techniques. Chapters in the new edition adhere even more closely to a uniform structure, facilitating easy comparison of different therapeutic models, and have been extensively rewritten to reflect the latest conceptual, clinical, and empirical advances. Entirely new chapters cover structural¿strategic, transgenerational, narrative, solution-focused, brief integrative, and affective¿reconstructive approaches; prevention and psychoeducation; interventions with families during and after divorce; multicultural couple therapy; and treatment of clients with bipolar disorder as well as other psychiatric and medical problems.

Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Third Edition

Jacobson, Neil S.

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Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy.

Couples in Conflict: New Directions in Marital Therapy

Couples in Conflict

Casebook of Marital Therapy

Casebook of Marital Therapy

Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Third Edition