Brief but Comprehensive Psychotherapy: The Multimodal Way (Springer series on behavior therapy & behavioral medicine) - Softcover

Lazarus, Arnold A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826196403 ISBN 13: 9780826196408

Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 1997

Synopsis

The prestigious Arnold Lazarus modernizes his eclectic and goal-oriented approach to psychotherapy. Using his traditional acronym - BASIC ID - he stresses the assessment of seven dimensions of a client's personality: behaviour, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal relationships, and (the need for) drugs. This volume contains many ideas that will augment and enhance the skills and clinical repertoires of every therapist.

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From the Back Cover

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The current healthcare environment has created a need for short-term, time-limited, cost-effective and brief forms of psychotherapy, emphasizing efficiency and efficacy. The central message is ""don't waste time."" But how can one be brief and also comprehensive?

In his latest addition to the psychotherapy literature, the renowned Arnold Lazarus modernizes his eclectic and goal-oriented approach to psychotherapy. Dr. Lazarus employs and transcends customary methods of diagnosis and treatment by providing several distinctive assessment procedures and therapeutic recommendations. Using his traditional acronym--BASIC ID--he stresses the assessment of seven dimensions of a client's personality: Behavior Affect Sensation Imagery Cognition Interpersonal relationships (the need for) Drugs

This volume contains many ideas that will augment and enhance the skills and clinical repertoires of every therapist. "

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826196403
• ISBN 13: 9780826196408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 177