Integrative Brief Therapy Cognitive, Psychodynamic, Humanistic and Neurobehavioral Approaches (The Practical Therapist Series)

This book argues that in order to provide successful brief therapy to clients, therapists must be able to assess clients rapidly and choose specific intervention strategies that have the greatest likelihood of accomplishing our treatment goals. Specifically, the most crucial assessment question will be 'What does this particular client need at this point in his or her life to heal, to grow or to cope more effectively?'

Since individual's problems are so diverse, therapists must have a number of different intervention strategies at their disposal. No one theoretical model can adequately address the vast array of problems that clients present.

This book attempts to address such concerns by considering issues related to psychopathology, adaptation, and healing. It then moves into a discussion of assessment, and finally explores specific treatment strategies, drawn from several important schools of psychotherapy.