Single Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and Often Only) Therapeutic Encounter (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) - Hardcover

Talmon, Moshe

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9781555422608: Single Session Therapy: Maximizing the Effect of the First (and Often Only) Therapeutic Encounter (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series)

Synopsis

How to use limited therapeutic time most efficiently

Research shows that many clients seeking therapeutic help attendfor one session only--no matter what their therapist's orientationor approach. Moshe Talmon demonstrates how therapists can turn thissingle encounter into a positive therapeutic experience.

Based on a study of hundreds of single-session cases, this bookoffers a realistic, practical approach to using a single session toprompt substantial changes in patients' lives. The author describeshow to make the most of patients' innate ability to healthemselves--presenting insights into bolstering the patient'sexisting strengths, restoring autonomy and confidence, and offeringsolutions that the patient can implement immediately.

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About the Author

Moshe Talmon was born in Kibbutz Beit Alpha in 1950. He is one of the founders of a psychotherapy method known as Single-Session Therapy.

From the Back Cover

Single-Session Therapy shows that many clients seeking therapeutic help attend for one session only―no matter what their therapist’s orientation or approach. It demonstrates how therapists can turn this single encounter into a positive therapeutic experience.

This book offers a realistic, practical approach to using a single therapeutic session to prompt substantial changes in patients’ lives. The author describes how to make the most of patients’ innate ability to heal themselves.

From the Inside Flap

Single-Session Therapy shows that many clients seeking therapeutic help attAnd for one session only--no matter what their therapist's orientation or approach. It demonstrates how therapists can turn this single encounter into a positive therapeutic experience.This book offers a realistic, practical approach to using a single therapeutic session to prompt substantial changes in patients' lives. The authors describes how to make the most of patients' innate ability to heal themselves.

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