Brief Psychotherapies

This book presents an array of suggestions and approaches for changing frames of mind in the practice of brief psychotherapy. The frames of mind to be changed include both the patient's and the therapist's. A goal in all forms of psychotherapy is to make useful changes in the patient's frame of mind or assumptive world. The book should help psychotherapists do brief therapy effectively while reducing the risk of negative effects. Crucial choices in the beginning (evaluation and role-induction), middle (curative factor and scope of focus), and ending (loss, consolidation, and prevention) phases are considered.