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Overview
Single-Session Therapy shows that many clients seeking therapeutic help attend for one session only—no matter what their therapist's orientation or approach. It demonstrates how therapists can turn this single encounter into a positive therapeutic experience.
This book offers a realistic, practical approach to using a single therapeutic session to prompt substantial changes in patients' lives. The authors describes how to make the most of patients' innate ability to heal themselves.
Gives step-by-step guidelines for using limited therapeutic time most efficiently/setting change into motion for patient
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"Talmon's presentation of single-session therapy is convincing. His style is exceptionally clear and refreshingly free of jargon.... Should be read and pondered by all outpatient therapists, funding agencies, and organizers of psychotherapeutic outpatient services." —from the foreword by Jerome D. Frank, professor emeritus of psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Offers criteria for determining whether a client should be considered for single-session therapy, and guidelines for making efficient use of limited therapeutic time to effect substantial change in patients' lives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Product Details
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Table of Contents
Foreword.
1. When the First Session Is the Only Session.
2. The First Phone Call: Presession Screening and Preparation.
3. Effective Single-Session Therapy: Step-by-Step Guidelines(in collaboration with Michael F. Hoyt and Robert Rosenbaum).
4. Empowering Your Patient.
5. Single-Session Therapy in Action: A Case Example(in collaboration with Michael F. Hoyt).
6. Learning from Failures.
7. Attitudes That Facilitate Single-Session Therapy.
Resources A: Follow-Up Interview.
Resources B: Tips for Managing Time and Money.