Problem Solving Psychotherapy: A Training Manual

Problem-Solving Psychotherapy. Integrates a number of existing psychotherapeutic and psychological models into a unique problem-solving format. . Provides the therapist with pattern recognition and analytical skills through its clear, practical formulation method. . Guides the therapist in the moment-to-moment technical aspects of the psychotherapy session through the use of its problem- solving components. .Teaches the patient problem-solving skills including insight, emotional resolution, decision-making and conflict resolution. .Incorporates symptomatic treatment, including psychopharmacological, into the psychotherapeutic context. Manual includes - . Numerous illustrative case examples for each problem-solving component. . Extended case example of a course of treatment. . Annotated transcript of a psychotherapy session. . Social history questionnaire. . Worksheets for assessment, preparing and contracting for therapy, treatment planning and session process notes. . Extensive bibliography.

Dr. Leith attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada and completed a residency in psychiatry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and a psychiatric fellowship in Behavioral Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A. He has been the Medical Director of the Biobehavioral Unit in the Department of Psychiatry and the Director of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic in the Department of Family Practice at Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, where he taught psychotherapeutic skills to residents in Psychiatry and Family Practice. Dr. Leith is a national board member of Science for Peace and a past national board member of Canadian Physicians for Global Survival. He is married and has two children and lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.