2nd Edition

Current Thinking and Research in Brief Therapy

Edited By William Matthews, John Edgette Copyright 1997
295 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

In Volume 2 of Current Thinking and Research in Brief Therapy the author's consideration of Ericksonian-influenced brief therapy continues. Presently, there is a concern among those in the psychotherapy profession who worry that this area of science will become heartless. Others are equally concerned that their hearts not become science-less in the future. In this volume, the authors respect... Read more
Section I. Models of Therapy. Intimacy in the Therapist-Client Relationship, Harry J. Aponte. Hanging on to Letting Go: A Relational Approach to Sex Therapy, Douglas G. Flemns and Shelley K. Green. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Treating Substance Abuse, Insoo Kim Berg and Norman Reuss. Therapy is Therapy is Therapy: Brief Clinical Sport Psychology, Janet Sasson Edgette. Section II. The Use of Hypnosis in Therapy. Hypnotherapy and the Dying: Joshua's Journey, Daniel L. Handel. Hypnotherapy with the Elderly, Frances Culbertson. Clinical Hypnosis in Cancer Management, Donald F. Lynch. Section III. Conversations. An Uncommonly Common Therapy: Focusing on What Works, Barry I. Duncan, Scott D. Miller, and Mark A. Hubble. Not All Therapies Are Created Equal, John H. Edgette . Some Therapies are More Equal Than Others, Response by the Authors. Section IV: Research. Ericksonian Hypnosis: A Review of the Empirical Data, William J. Matthews, James Conti, and Lorrie Starr. The Unresponsive Hypnotic Subject, Steven Jay Lynn, Jane Stafford, and Irving Kirsch. Alert Hypnosis: History and Applications, David M. Wark. Section V. Ethics. Ethics and Hypnosis, Alan W. Scheflin.

Biography

Matthews, William; Edgette, John