Planned short-term psychotherapy: A clinical handbook - Hardcover

Bloom, Bernard L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205130283 ISBN 13: 9780205130283

Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, 1991

Synopsis

This work provides an analysis of significant approaches to short-term psychotherapy. In addition to examining a number of specific approaches to more traditional one-on-one planned short-term psychotherapy, the book also analyzes the literature that has focused on settings rather than theories. Included are ideas covering time-limited psychotherapy with groups and families, psychiatric inpatient units and, with regard to medical patients, crisis intervention and brief individual contacts.

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From the Back Cover:

This book provides in a comprehensive, integrative, analytic, and evaluative overview of the field of planned short-term psychotherapy that will be of great benefit to therapists already in practice. The author considers both clinical and methodological issues pertinent to planned short-term psychotherapy and he examines this emerging field in terms of its health policy implications. Emphasis is placed on actual as well as 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 that have evaluated brief psychotherapy, the author introduces and describes 17 different approaches. This is followed by a look at planned short-term psychotherapy in five different clinical settings—including medical settings and group and family settings. The final two chapters deal with general issues that affect the field. For professionals working in the field of psychology/psychotherapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0205130283
• ISBN 13: 9780205130283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 357