The Tactics of Change: Doing Therapy Briefly / Edition 1

by Richard Fisch, John H. Weakland, Lynn Segal

Overview

A best-selling, seminal manual on treating a wide range of clinical problems briefly and effectively. Explores the principles of brief therapy and discusses the basic elements of treatment. Examines common situations in therapy and what therapists can do to initiate change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875895215
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/16/1991
Series:	Social and Behavioral Science Series
Edition description:	1st
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.13(d)

About the Author

RICHARD FISCH, is director of the Brief Therapy Center in Palo Alto, California, which he cofounded in 1966. He is also a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute and a clinical associate professor emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Table of Contents

1. Practice—and Theory.

2. Therapist Maneuverability.

3. Setting the Stage for Treatment.

4. The Initial Interview.

5. Patient Position.

6. Case Planning.

7. Interventions.

8. Termination of Treatment.

9. Case Study: The Aversive Adolescent.

10. Case Study: The Anxious Violinist.

11. Case Study: The Stroke Victim's Family.

12. Psychotherapy—And Beyond.