The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies : A Practitioner’s Guide . Core Competencies in Psychotherapy.

The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies : A Practitioner’s Guide . Core Competencies in Psychotherapy. Edited by Mantosh J. Dewan, M.D., Brett N. Steenbarger, Ph.D., and Roger P. Greenberg, Ph.D. Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Series Editor. 2004 • 324 pages • ISBN 1-58562-067-X

This unique textbook offers an invaluable starting point in learning both the art and science of brief psychotherapy. Unlike other references, which review current literature and cover all of the many schools of brief therapy in current use, this compact text is packed with practical information that shows both what to do and why to do it, so that beginning therapists can start to think like brief therapists in their own work.

Based on more than a decade of extensive teaching experience, the editors of this practical guide-another immediately useful tool in the Core Competencies in Psychotherapy series-take you step by step through every approach, describing therapies and specific interventions and including detailed case examples to illustrate how they are implemented.

• The introduction answers basic questions about how to define, when to use, and why and how to learn brief therapy.

• Part I, Six Key Brief Psychotherapies, begins with the highly structured cognitive, behavioral, and solution-focused therapies and continues with interpersonal, time-limited dynamic, and couples therapies.

• Part II, Special Topics, covers identifying the essential ingredients of brief therapy, conducting brief therapy in a multicultural context, combining brief therapy with medications, and evaluating competency in brief therapy.

• Part III, Overview and Synthesis, proposes three skill sets-relationship, instrumental, and change agency-that form the backbone of what it means to be a competent practitioner of brief psychotherapy. Fully indexed and easy to use, this volume is destined to become the definitive guide to acquiring core competency in this field (as mandated by the residency review committee), bringing to life the fascinating and challenging world of brief psychotherapy for students, educators, residents, and practitioners everywhere. Contents

Introduction.

Part I : Six Key Brief Psychotherapies.

Cognitive therapy : introduction to theory and practice

Brief behavior therapy.

Solution-focused brief therapy : doing what works

Brief interpersonal psychotherapy

Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy : formulation and intervention

Brief couple therapy

Part II : Special Topics.

Essential ingredients for successful psychotherapy : effect of common factors

Brief psychotherapy in a multicultural context

Combining brief psychotherapy and medications

Evaluating competence in brief psychotherapy

Part III : Overview and Synthesis.

Doing therapy, briefly.

Index.

Reviews

“An impressive set of contributions by leading psychotherapists and psychotherapy researchers-The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies should be on every clinician’s bookshelf. Each chapter blends cutting-edge empirical data with a wealth of clinical wisdom, and the result is a major contribution to contemporary clinical practice.”-Robert F. Bornstein, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

“This fine text draws on an empirical base and shows how clinicians can meet the mandate of doing psychotherapy more effectively and efficiently. Their concept is ‘co-piloting’ with the client. They achieve this with the reader as well.”-Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D., Editor of Outcome Measurement in Psychiatry : A Critical Review and Improving Mental Health Care : Commitment to Quality

“Psychotherapy’s future lies in briefer approaches to treatment, and this book points the way. It provides a simple and practical guide to a diverse array of briefer psychotherapies. A wonderful resource for trainees and clinicians alike.”-Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., A. F. Zeleznik Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

About the Authors

Mantosh J. Dewan, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.

Brett N. Steenbarger, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.

Roger P. Greenberg, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Psychology Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.

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