Psychotherapy with Impossible Cases Psychotherapy with Impossible Cases: The Efficient Treatment of Therapy Veterans the Efficient Treatment of Th: ... Therapy Victims (A Norton professional book) - Hardcover

Duncan, Barry L.; Hubble, Mark A.; Miller, Scott D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393702464 ISBN 13: 9780393702460

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997

Synopsis

This book, a companion to the authors' Escape from Babel, describes therapy with a number of patients who had defeated numerous clinicians and become "veterans" of the system. Using a flexible approach that emphasizes relationship, hope, and a plan for the future, the authors turn these cases around, setting the clients on a path of independence and health.

About this title

Synopsis:

Presents insights from the authors' five-year study of therapy veterans, or "impossible" patients, proving that the key to success with such patients is in accommodating their frames of reference and honoring their theories of change. Shows how to learn the client's theory of change, and offers clinical examples and full-length cases demonstrating

About the Author:

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., practices solution-oriented therapy in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393702464
• ISBN 13: 9780393702460
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240