Doing Therapy Briefly [Hardback]

Acknowledgements		vii
About the Authors		viii
Note about Clinical Cases in this Book		x
1 Introduction and Overview of Time-sensitive Therapy		1	(12)
Background to Working Briefly		1	(1)
Core Beliefs held by many Therapists about Therapy		2	(4)
Thinking Differently about Therapy		6	(3)
Brief Illustrative Examples		9	(4)
2 Exploring 'Brief' and 'Time-sensitive' Therapy		13	(13)
What is Time-sensitive Therapy?		15	(6)
Focus on a Collaborative Working Relationship		21	(5)
3 Emancipating Therapy		26	(16)
The First Engagement in Therapy		28	(14)
4 Therapy as Conversation		42	(13)
Therapy is Conversation		50	(3)
Conclusion		53	(2)
5 Assessment for Brief Therapy		55	(16)
Contraindications to Therapy		59	(2)
Phases of Assessment		61	(9)
Conclusion		70	(1)
6 How have you Managed to Cope so Well?		71	(21)
Implications for Psychotherapeutic Practice		73	(1)
The First Session		74	(11)
Opportunities for Collaborative Work that Elicits and
Validates Client Competence		85	(4)
Towards Ending		89	(1)
Conclusion		90	(2)
7 Preparing for the First Therapy Session: What to Consider		92	(12)
Contexts of Therapy		92	(3)
The Pace of Doing Therapy Briefly		95	(1)
Preparing for the First Session		95	(3)
Challenges and Dilemmas: the First Session		98	(4)
Conclusion		102	(2)
8 Outline of the First Therapy Session: a 'Map' for Practice		104	(25)
Five-stage Guide for the First Session		105	(23)
Conclusion		128	(1)
9 Working Positively and Briefly with a Teenager with a Serious Medical Condition: a Case Study		129	(16)
Setting the Context		130	(1)
First Session		131	(3)
Second Session		134	(5)
Third Session		139	(3)
Fourth Session		142	(1)
Fifth Session		142	(2)
Conclusion		144	(1)
10 Getting Unstuck in Therapy: Adversity as Opportunity		145	(24)
What is 'Feeling Stuck'? How do you Recognise it?		146	(3)
A Different Philosophy about being Stuck		149	(2)
What could be Wrong? The First Lines of Enquiry		151	(5)
Going Deeper: the Second Line of Enquiry		156	(11)
Conclusion		167	(2)
11 Endings and Closure in Therapy		169	(15)
Some Theoretical Concepts: Signs and 'Clues' for Ending Therapy		170	(4)
Conditions of Terminating Therapy		174	(5)
'Map' or Outline for Endings		179	(4)
Conclusion		183	(1)
12 Evidence-based and Time-limited Therapy		184	(10)
The Evolution and Definition of Managed Care		184	(2)
The Effect of Managed Care on Therapeutic Practice		186	(2)
Meeting the Challenge: Engaging with the System		188	(5)
Conclusion		193	(1)
References		194	(3)
Index		197

ROBERT BOR is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He is a Chartered Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologist as well as a UKCP Registered Family Therapist. He is also Emeritus Professor of Psychology at London Metropolitan University as well as Visiting Professor at City University, London. He specialized in family therapy at the Tavistock Clinic, London and is extensively involved in the training of psychologists and psychotherapists. - RIVA MILLER is a UKCP Registered Systemic Therapist. She trained as a family therapist at the Tavistock Clinic, at the Institute of Family Therapy and with the Milan Associates in Italy and currently works as a family therapist in the Haemophilia Centre at the Royal Free Hospital, London. She is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free and University College School of Medicine. - SHEILA GILL is a BACP Accredited Counsellor, UKCP Registered Independent Counsellor and an accredited Member of Counsellors in Primary Care. She is an experienced systemic therapist and trainer. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling in Primary Care from City University and a Certificate in Systemic Therapy from Kensington Consultation Centre. - CHRISTINE PARROTT is a BPS Chartered Counselling Psychologist. She works as a counselling psychologist, devoting much of her time to writing and as a media consultant in the United States. Her special interests include the development of increased public awareness in psychology, the impact of values and ethics on the counselling process and the evolution of behaviour and emotions in people. -