Medical Crisis Counseling: Short-Term Therapy for Long-Term Illness - Hardcover

Pollin, Irene; Kanaan, Susan Baird

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9780393701951: Medical Crisis Counseling: Short-Term Therapy for Long-Term Illness

Synopsis

A manual for mental health professionals working with chronically ill patients, who confront serious psychosocial challenges that their physicians may be unable to help them cope with. Medical crisis counseling takes one to 10 sessions to focus on three areas: the disease, the patient's emotional response, and the family's response. Covers both the counseling approach and the administrative aspects of starting and running a medical crisis counseling program. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Irene Pollin is founder of the Linda Pollin Foundation, a training facility, and the Linda Pollin institute, a medical crisis counseling clinic.

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