The Complex Secret of Brief Psychotherapy

Download or read book The Complex Secret of Brief Psychotherapy written by James Paul Gustafson and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1997 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this useful and timely book, Gustafson shows how the therapist can borrow from the entire tradition of psychotherapy for productive short-term treatment. He explains how to conserve the virtues of earlier stances; describes how to handle the opening, middle, and ending phases in brief therapy; and clarifies the difficulties in short-term work, particularly the tendency of therapist to leave themselves out of the equation. Gustafson's 'method of methods' described here provides psychotherapist with an effective way of engaging patients in brief, successful work.