A Handbook of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Short-term psychotherapy has become more and more popular in recent years and there is an increasing need for therapists to be able to offer help without entering into many years of therapy. This practical volume is an introductory text and a quick reference guide to short-term therapy, by an experi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rawson, Penny, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [London] : Karnac 2005.
Boca Raton, FL : [2019].
Edición:First edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798295606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; Quick reference note; AIMS OF THE BOOK; CHAPTER ONE: What is brief psychodynamic psychotherapy? An overview; Quick reference notes; Focal and short-term psychodynamicpsychotherapy; Suitability of client; Counter indications to suitability of clientfor short-term therapy; Selection of patients; Motivation; Basic principles of focal and short-term therapy; Holmes-Rahe scale; Article 'Focal and short-term psychotherapyin a treatment of choice' (Rawson, 1992); CHAPTER TWO: Focus; Quick reference notes; Finding the focus
  • Progressive diagram of question areas inspiredby the Heimler Social Functioning ScaleCHAPTER THREE: The importance of the first session; Quick reference notes; Initial interview in short-term focal therapy; Aims of initial interview; Table: Important aspects of the first sessionas seen from research case work (Rawson, 2002); CHAPTER FOUR: Jointly agreed strategic focus: contract part I; Quick reference notes; Fixing the focus; Holding the focus; The strategic focus; Homework: Aspects of brief therapy to practise; Questions for the therapist to think aboutin relation to the focus
  • CHAPTER FIVE: Jointly agreed time scale: contract part IIQuick reference notes; Time limited psychotherapy (i); Time limited psychotherapy (ii); The dynamics of the deadline; Article: 'By mutual arrangement' (Rawson, 1995); CHAPTER SIX: Flexibility; Quick reference notes; Body memory exercise; Flexibility re skills used by the therapist; CHAPTER SEVEN: Activity; Quick reference notes; Activity; Working with the client - giving them thetools: homework; CHAPTER EIGHT: Techniques; CHAPTER NINE: Endings; Quick reference notes; Coping with loss: the end from the beginning; Loss for the client
  • Loss for the therapist in short-term workHomework; CHAPTER TEN: Review and what next?; Quick reference notes; Letters to the editor: 'Brief therapy' (Rawson, 1999a); 'Supervision nonsense' (Rawson, 2003); Article: 'Therapy for the 21st Century'(Rawson 1999b); CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusion; Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy:Summary of the basics; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX