Judith Beck illustrates how this present-oriented, brief form of psychotherapy works. Dr Beck meets with an African American woman in her late 30's who is a single parent dealing with life-long depression. Dr Beck helps the client begin to sort out her problems and modify her dysfunctional cognitions through Socratic questioning and other ......
Carlson and Glasser demonstrate effective techniques for psychologists, counselors, and social workers consulting with teachers individually and in groups. This program provides a step-by-step, empirically supported approach.
`I enjoyed and was challenged by reading this book, and learned from, and with, it. It is useful for browsing and for a deeper exploration of chosen topics. It offers a healthy enrichment for all who have a dynamic interest in the external and internal supervisory relationship. I warmly recommend it' - British Journal of Psychotherapy `This ......
Diabetes, like all chronic illnesses, impacts all aspects of a person's life, perhaps even more so in childhood. Using a developmental, social-cognitive approach, Dr Alan M. Delamater works closely with children and their parents to help children learn to live with and manage their own diabetes. In this session, Dr Delamater meets with an ......
Harm Reduction With High School Students illustrates a brief intervention for working with risk-taking high school students that emphasizes helping students to recognize the potential outcomes of their risky behavior and creating motivation for change. Dr. Mary E. Larimer works in this session with a high school boy who regularly drinks to excess. ......
Acting as a teaching text and clinical resource, this book is about: how to do psychotherapy; and how to apply the science of change, to the complexities of helping people develop meanings in their lives. It shows how to nurture the therapeutic relationship, while implementing interventions as: centering techniques, problem solving, and others.
This book is the result of fifteen years of clinical-research work carried out at the Brief Strategic Centre of Arezzo, Italy, for the development of a continuously improving, efficient and effective treatment of various human problems. The authors put forward a simple yet comprehensive description of the epistemology and genealogy of Brief ......
The deluge of information regarding eating disorders can be mystifying and misleading. It`s often difficult knowing where to begin and who to trust. This practical resource guide for students and parents dispels the myths surrounding eating disorders by providing factual and historical information on how our understadning of theses problems has ......
Working With Headaches presents an example of Dr. Donald B. Penzien's multidisciplinary, cognitive-behavioral approach to treating clients who suffer from headaches. In addition to talking directly with the client, the approach emphasizes working closely with the client's physicians to make sure that the client receives the best medical treatment.
