I. Background -- Beginnings and growth -- Emerging roles of the briefer psychotherapies -- II. Distinguishing features -- Definitions -- Supporting theories -- III. Process and technique -- Models of the brief process -- The diagnostic process -- Techniques of intervention -- Termination -- IV. Clinical applications: Syndromes and situations -- Acute anxiety states -- Depression -- Suicide -- Pathological grief -- Traumas -- Severe physical disorders -- Children and adolescents -- The elderly -- Marital crises -- Job crises -- Sex problems -- Crises related to pregnancy -- Some other clinical applications -- Hazards in brief psychotherapy -- Training for brief psychotherapy -- V. Studies of brief psychotherapy -- Studies of the process -- Population characteristics -- Diagnoses: Categories and frequencies -- Prognoses -- Studies of outcome. Published in: NEWYORK Physical description: xiv, 386 pages ; 24 cm

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