Breakthroughs in Six Brief Psychotherapies

Breakthroughs in Six Brief Psychotherapies

Author: George Carpetto

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0595133266

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There are many books that depict the psychological world, its richness of theories and counseling models. Yet there are few books that integrate under one cover clusters of counseling models that rightfully need to be treated and considered together because of their inherent commonalities. Treated in this cluster-like fashion, breakthroughs in psychological counseling may be better observed and thus better understood. With an enhanced appreciation from this broader and higher level of knowledge, the counselor can become better equipped, more flexible, and hopefully more effective with clients. Thus the counselor avoids being "wedded" to any one particular model as Carl Whitaker had correctly cautioned against many years ago. This book deals with the treatment of six psychotherapeutic models which, despite their differences and unique characteristics, are interwoven into a huge quilt identifiable as modern brief therapy under the rubric of family/systems. This book effects a synthesis so that the following models are appreciated for their unique breakthroughs and special connectedness with each other. The models treated relate to the Mental Research Institute (problem-focused), the Milan School (circular questioning), Steve de Shazer (solution-focused), O'Hanlon & Weiner-Davis (solution-oriented), Terri Real (constructivist), and White & Epston (narrative techniques).


Fractured Renaissance Tales of Old

Fractured Renaissance Tales of Old

Author: George Carpetto

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001-04

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0595176860

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It's near the end of the world, and the Church intelligentsia concurs. The darkness in man's soul is terrifying the whole of Christendom where prophets and theologians have lost control. As the world inexorably approaches the year 1500, anxieties deepen at a staggering pace. Who will save the world? If today someone were to shout from the rooftops imploring us to love our Mother Earth before it's too late, would we listen? Prophets come in many forms and often speak our language. Their words are comprehensible, but their meaning is not. Prophecy is serious business. Often the prophet is taken for the fool, the eccentric saint, or the madman who's half-blind and sees things we do not. Or could it be the old lady who walks her dog ten times a day apparently mumbling words to deaf ears while her Parkinsonian hand keeps trembling to the beat of a truth no one wants to hear. Prophecy is dangerous. If we listen, then we too might be crazy like the fool, the saint, the half-blind man, and the old lady with her dog. Prophecy is not for me. I'll just sit in my poop and play it safe.


Short-term Therapy for Long-term Change

Short-term Therapy for Long-term Change

Author: Marion Fried Solomon

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780393703337

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Is it possible to effect deep, lasting, meaningful psychological change in a short period of time?


Breakthrough Moments in Arts-Based Psychotherapy

Breakthrough Moments in Arts-Based Psychotherapy

Author: Aileen Webber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0429897332

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In psychotherapy clients sometimes experience breakthrough moments - profound moments in which their world and how they view themselves is changed for ever. But what exactly occurs during such moments? In Breakthrough Moments in Arts-Based Psychotherapy the author shares her very personal journey to discover what might be happening at these pivotal moments and demonstrates their importance for clients' change processes. Filled with examples from her own practice, the book dips into the worlds of chaos and complexity theory, neuroscience, quantum physics, and theories of change, in order to show how the use of arts-media in psychotherapy - visual images and drawing, drama and music, sand-tray and enactment - can encourage the arrival of these dramatic breakthrough moments. The aim of this unique book is to shine a spotlight for the first time on a deeply profound aspect of arts-based psychotherapy in an accessible and engaging way.


Therapy Breakthrough

Therapy Breakthrough

Author: Michael Edelstein

Publisher: Open Court

Published: 2013-08-27

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0812696867

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Explains the theories and practices of both Psychodynamic (PD) and Cognitive-Behavioral (CB) therapy using psychological research, philosophy and common sense to argue that PD therapy is found on mistaken theories of the mind, while CB therapy can be applied to the problems affecting those in therapy today. Original.


The Complex Secret of Brief Psychotherapy

The Complex Secret of Brief Psychotherapy

Author: James Paul Gustafson

Publisher: Jason Aronson

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780765700636

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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.


From Breakdown to Breakthrough

From Breakdown to Breakthrough

Author: Danielle Knafo

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-21

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1000991237

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As a clear and user-friendly guide for clinicians who work with patients affected by psychosis, this book challenges the false notion that psychosis is untreatable through talk therapy. The authors contend that since psychotic symptoms are features of survival adaptation, they naturally serve as a valuable source of information, providing clues about the origins of people's psychic derailment along with a path to its cure. The authors advise therapists not only to read and respond to the messages embedded in the symptoms, but also to recognize and utilise the non-psychotic aspects of the patient in facilitating recovery. The overall aim is to recruit the patient as a collaborator in their treatment, thus wresting a meaningful and redemptive narrative from the psychotic experience. All aspects and phases of treatment - from initial encounters through the middle phase to termination, and even supervision - are covered in this volume. Abundant with clinical examples, theoretical and technical points, and treatment methods, this book is essential reading for all psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and other mental health clinicians working with psychosis.


The Ketamine Breakthrough

The Ketamine Breakthrough

Author: Dr. Mike Dow

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2023-04-04

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 140197113X

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New York Times best-selling author Dr. Mike Dow and Ronan Levy, founder of Field Trip, the world's largest provider of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, offer ways to integrate ketamine into treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and more. It’s been described as the most important breakthrough in mental health since the introduction of Prozac in 1986. And though once considered taboo, the psychedelic compound, ketamine, is experiencing a spectacular therapeutic comeback. When combined with psychotherapy, ketamine, which has been described as the being possibly the “most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment in decades,” has the potential to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other debilitating mental illnesses—and change lives. Unlike antidepressants, which merely mask the pain, psychedelics that heal the brain are the future. Instead of putting Band-Aids on the brain, with Ketamine Assisted-Psychotherapy, you can actually repair the neurological damage caused by stress, anxiety, neglect, and abuse. In this book, best-selling author Dr. Mike Dow and Field Trip co-founder Ronan Levy provide a broad overview of where KAP came from, how it works, who it works for, and what to expect. More importantly, The Ketamine Breakthrough gives specific protocols for both practitioners and patients to follow in their work with KAP. This book contains hope for those diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression, plagued by trauma and frozen by fears. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy has also proven effective for people with drug, alcohol, and behavioral addictions, existential depression, grief, and just feeling stuck. People with unresolved resentments, anger, and the everyday anxieties of modern life will also benefit. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy has been enormously helpful with couples, groups, and veterans, which will be addressed in the book as well. This is the go-to manual for therapists and anyone who wants to learn more about Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. For those undergoing this revolutionary protocol, it includes a session-by-session Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Workbook to enhance and deepen the treatment.


Crises in the Psychotherapy Session

Crises in the Psychotherapy Session

Author: Julian D. Ford

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781433832871

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This book tackles an important problem that all therapists will encounter at times in their practice: what to do when a client suffers intense emotional dysregulation during a session.