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PubMed2000

Prescribing Brief Psychotherapy.

Brief psychotherapy has demonstrated its effectiveness in treating emotional disorders and helping with problems that typically present to primary care physicians. Because practitioners receive little instruction about this treatment option and often have erroneous preconceived ideas about it, psychotherapy remains underprescribed. Effective brief therapy enables the patient to problem-solve, facilitates the relationship with the provider, and ultimately clarifies the patient's situation. Referral of appropriate patients for psychotherapy will enhance the effectiveness of the doctor in primary care.

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PubMed1979

The therapeutic relationship in brief psychotherapy.

Brief psychotherapy is predicated upon a thorough knowledge of psychodynamics and careful conceptualization of each individual's psychopathology. Areas and methods of intervention must be concisely selected and clearly goal-related. As a modality, I see brief therapy relating to traditional therapy the way a short story relates to a novel. It takes special skill and expertise.

Countertransference↗
PubMed2006

Brief psychotherapy: a brief review.

During the last several decades, brief psychotherapeutic approaches to mental health treatment have become increasingly prevalent. This paper describes brief psychotherapy and provides a brief review of the relevant empirical literature. Therapists who are unfamiliar with brief psychotherapy will find that this paper provides a concise introduction to the essential processes and outcomes of this therapeutic approach.

Humans↗
PubMed1979

A method of structured brief psychotherapy.

Structured brief psychotherapy is a method of organizing treatment along problem-solving lines. The features of this method are the selection of problem areas, the translation of insight into specific activity, the structuring of psychodynamics and a concentration on termination events. The method is illustrated by clinical examples.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

[Strategic brief psychotherapy].

The brief strategic therapy (directive therapy)--an active psychotherapy--is derived from the hypnotic technique of Erickson as well as from the communications and systems theories. The author describes five characteristical points of this therapy. Interactions and task prescriptions are the most important instrument of the directive therapy. The number of session is generally limited. Therapist and patient determine concrete and accurate goals for the therapy. Patient's problems should be set in a positive context. About theory and practice, the therapist adopts an eclectic and pragmatic attitude. The author develops these points and illustrates them with clinical vignettes.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

The time limit in brief psychotherapy.

The time limit in psychoanalytically oriented brief psychotherapy has been construed as a motivation for the patient and the therapist to work more efficiently in therapy and as a stimulation of the patient's unconscious conflicts relating to separation and loss. The authors show that the time limit, in addition to the above functions, affects all focal conflicts in brief psychotherapy, whether or not they relate to separation issues. The time limit helps both patient and therapist to examine aspects of the patient's focal conflicts that tend to perpetuate symptoms or maladaptive patterns of behavior--that is, the primary gain of the symptom--and may therefore play a crucial role in the efficacy of brief psychotherapy. The authors also discuss implications for technique.

Conflict, Psychological↗
PubMed1993

Brief psychotherapy with adolescents: individual and family approaches.

Brief psychotherapy with adolescents is a widely employed clinical procedure. In this paper key principles that inform brief individual and family therapy with adolescents have been described. The most important principle is to establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the teen; the second most important principle is to find a focal theme or focal point for mutual work. Many adolescents respond well to a course of brief therapy arbitrarily defined here as 20 or fewer sessions. While such an approach is not "curative," it does provide the opportunity for substantial symptom relief and improved adaptation. In selecting patients for brief therapy negative exclusion factors are more helpful than positive inclusion factors. If the teen experiences brief therapy as a positive intervention, the road is paved for his/her return if and when future problems arise. Economic pressures during the next decade will favor brief therapy over long-term therapy. The most adaptive response for therapists to this challenge is to improve their brief therapy skills. A frequently neglected skill is the ability to set modest but achievable goals in brief psychotherapy. Finding a focus for therapy lays the foundation for reasonable goal-setting.

Adolescent↗