This step-by-step guidebook offers a range of contemporary and popular brief treatments, suitable for a range of client groups and professional settings.
Following a comprehensive introduction to the use of brief interventions in therapeutic practice, each chapter provides an introduction to the theoretical underpinnings and evidence-based brief intervention, followed by guidance on how to implement the approaches with useful ′top tips′, worksheets and examples from practice through case vignettes illustrating its application.
The Handbook reflects current recommendations and guidelines of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and recommendations of accrediting professional bodies in the UK and US. A must have for any practitioner working to support the wellbeing of others.
Dr Sarah Parry: ClinPsyD, CPsychol is a clinical psychologist and academic. Sarah works in private practice and at Manchester Metropolitan University. Sarah teaches postgraduate students about mental health, specifically children’s mental health and clinical skills. Sarah also supervises a range of mental health PhDs. Her research interests include children’s mental health, trauma-informed care, improving residential care for looked-after children, workplace wellbeing, unusual sensory experiences and dissociative coping strategies. Sarah has authored two books on brief therapeutic interventions and practitioner wellbeing, as well as a range of international research publications around children’s mental health and dissociative coping responses to interpersonal trauma. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5666-1997