Planned Short-Term Psychotherapy: A Clinical Handbook - Softcover

Bloom, Bernard L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205193447 ISBN 13: 9780205193448

Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR, 1997

Synopsis

Describes and analyzes different approaches to brief psychotherapy in various settings, with sections on the history of planned short-term psychotherapy, psychodynamic approaches, cognitive and behavioral approaches, strategic and systemic approaches, clinical settings, and general issues. Of interest to mental health professionals. This second edition incorporates the large volume of new literature in the field since the first edition. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the field of planned short-term psychotherapy. It considers both clinical and methodological issues pertinent to the subject, and examines this emerging field in terms of its health policy implications. Emphasis is placed on the actual as well as the potential contributions of planned short-term psychotherapy to the field of clinical mental health practice. After describing the history of the field and examining the outcome studies which have evaluated brief psychotherapy, the text introduces and describes 17 different approaches. This is followed by an examination of planned short-term psychotherapy in five different clinical settings - including medical settings, and group and family settings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205193447
• ISBN 13: 9780205193448
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384