Brief Psychotherapy: CMT: An Integrative Approach in Clinical Practice - Softcover

Macnab, Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047194078X ISBN 13: 9780471940784

Publisher: Wiley, 1993

Synopsis

Contextual Modular Therapy (CMT) is an intensive engagement in therapy. Clients' problems are discussed with regard to the context of their occurrence and the resources which might be relevant to them. The psychotherapy is in six-session modules, each one drawing the client into a different engagement. This approach offers clients a clear indication of their plan of therapy and they may wish to participate in monitoring and evaluating directions taken and progress made.

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From the Back Cover

Brief Psychotherapy CMT: An Integrative Approach in Clinical Practice Francis Macnab The Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, Australia Psychotherapy, within the short span of a decade, has undergone a revolution. Some of the changes have come from psychotherapists themselves. Other changes have been provoked by their patients and clients. They now expect that their psychotherapists will be concerned not only with what is going on in their minds, but also with what is going on in the changing context of their lives. Patients and clients now expect that their psychotherapists will become engaged in a collaborative process in which problems will be unravelled, new resources introduced, and new ways of coping actively taught and learned. All these changes and objectives are increasingly located in the context of a strategy for brief therapy. Contextual Modular Therapy (CMT) is an intensive engagement in therapy. Clients? problems are discussed with regard to the context of their occurrence and the context of resources that might be relevant to them. The psychotherapy is in six-session modules. Each session draws the client into a different engagement. The approach offers clients a clear indication of their plan of therapy and they may wish to participate in monitoring and evaluating the directions taken and the progress made. This book is written primarily for psychotherapists, especially those in training, and those who would like to be part of the movement of integration that is bringing substantial changes to the theory and practice of psychotherapy.

About the Author

Francis Macnab is the Founder and Executive Director of the Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, Australia. For more than thirty years Dr. Macnab has been a leading voice in many pioneering causes. His work, and that of the staff of the Cairnmillar Institute, has had a far-reaching influence on people across Australia. He has contributed in significant ways to the training and stimulation of psychotherapists in several countries around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 047194078X
• ISBN 13: 9780471940784
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 342