Brief Psychotherapy Books
Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends
This book presents a respectful, often playful approach to serious problems, with ground-breaking theory as a backdrop. The authors start with the assumption that people experience problems when the... (more)
Brief Strategic Therapy
An account of brief strategic therapy, covering its theory, application, and an interactional view of problem formation and resolution. The authors distinguish this method from others, illustrate... (more)
More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Written by pioneering experts in the field, More Than Miracles remains the authoritative text on solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). The final work of the world-renowned family therapists and... (more)
Theory and Practice of Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
The book opens with an introduction to and history of the experiential dynamic therapies (EDT) including the groundbreaking Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) of Habib Davanloo and... (more)
Brief Encounters with Couples
Deriving from a conference organised by the Tavistock Marital Studies Institute, the present volume draws the main focus of its inquiry from a few fundamental questions.
In its various brief... (more)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, which enables people to make changes in... (more)
A Handbook of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Short-term psychotherapy has become more and more popular in recent years and there is an increasing need for therapists to be able to offer help without entering into many years of therapy. This... (more)
An Introduction to Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Foundations of Clinical Practice
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), covering its theoretical foundations, core techniques, and practical applications.
The author... (more)
Doing Therapy Briefly
With lengthy waiting lists, reduced resources and demands for more clearly defined performance outcomes, more and more counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are finding themselves under... (more)
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique
This long-awaited new edition of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy is a thorough yet accessible guide for readers looking to develop their understanding of this therapeutic model and the... (more)
Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis
In Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy with Children in Crisis, Elisabeth Cleve presents the therapeutic stories of four children who have experienced trauma or are displaying dramatic clinical symptoms... (more)
Brief Coaching: A Solution Focused Approach
Brief Coaching offers a new approach to coaching by considering how the client will know when they have reached their goal, and what they are already doing to get there. The coach aims to work... (more)
Lives Transformed: A Revolutionary Method of Dynamic Psychotherapy
The world has long awaited compelling and unmistakable evidence for the validity of dynamic psychotherapy. A review in the present book shows that such evidence has been accumulating over the past... (more)
Brief Therapy Inside Out - Cognitive Therapy for Depression (DVD)
Beck combines collaborative and directive techniques with skills-building and education about how to challenge cognitive distortions to help a depressed
Coaching Plain and Simple: Solution-Focused Brief Coaching Essentials
This is a highly practical and condensed introduction to solution-focused coaching. The book offers a simple and clear structure for coaching sessions that is easy to learn. Content is illuminated... (more)
Brief Psychotherapy: Principles and Practice
Michael Hoyt continues his exploration of how psychotherapists can help their clients to efficiently and effectively 're-story' more salutary ('preferred' or 'therapeutic') realities. Brief therapy... (more)
Brief Gestalt Therapy
Brief Gestalt Therapy demonstrates how the Gestalt approach can be used effectively in brief interventions with clients. Gestalt's distinctively integrative nature and emphasis on a highly... (more)
Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution
This classic book, available in paperback for the very first time, explores why some people can successfully change their lives and others cannot. Here famed psychologist Paul Watzlawick presents... (more)
The Situation is Hopeless, but not Serious: The Pursuit of Unhappiness
This is a tongue-in-cheek look at the ways in which we turn ourselves into our own worst enemies. Using metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendoes and other "right-hemispheric" language games, Dr.... (more)
Single-Session Therapy (SST): 100 Key Points and Techniques
Even in one session a therapist can make a difference. Single Session Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques presents the 100 main features of this way of working, providing an accessible, succinct... (more)
Solution Oriented Therapy for Chronic and Severe Mental Illness
This book offers a new and hopeful way to think about and intervene with those who have tough psychiatric problems or long histories of treatment. It offers an approach to therapy that emphasises... (more)
The Role of Brief Therapy in Attachment Disorders
The Role of Brief Therapy in Attachment Disorders provides a comprehensive summary of the range of approaches that exist within the brief therapy world, including Cognitive Analytic Therapy,... (more)
Change 101: A Practical Guide to Creating Change in Life or Therapy
Drawing on thirty years of clinical experience, Bill O'Hanlon - one of psychotherapy's most innovative practitioners and teachers examines this simple yet often elusive aspect of successful therapy:... (more)
Maps of Narrative Practice
Narrative therapy is one of the most commonly practised forms of therapy. In the first major book from this leader in the field, each chapter provides an overview of a main area of narrative therapy... (more)
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique
Traditionally, psychoanalytic treatment has been a lengthy endeavour, requiring a long-term commitment from patient and analyst, as well as vast financial resources. More recently, short-term... (more)
Short-Term Object Relations Couples Therapy: The Five-Step Model
Brief therapies have become popular - indeed a necessity - in today's managed care environment. Perhaps because it is one of the more complex psychoanalytical models, object relations theory for... (more)
Handbook of Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
In this unique handbook, Frank Bond and Windy Dryden, have brought together a prominent cast of authors, to discuss issues concerning the definition, assessment and, in particular, the practice of... (more)
Creative Ideas for Solution Focused Practice: Inspiring Guidance, Ideas and Activities
Exploring creative ways to implement solution focused practice, this book is packed full of ideas to inspire ways of working with clients which focus on their strengths as a means to finding... (more)
Quick Steps to Resolving Trauma
Here, Bill O'Hanlon uses his characteristic breezy style to tackle a very difficult issue. This book details a philosophy and methods of working briefly and effectively with traumatised clients.... (more)