Time-limited therapy in a general practice setting : how to help within six sessions.

Time-limited therapy in a general practice setting : how to help within six sessions.

'Time-Limited Therapy in a General Practice Setting' provides a specific set of skills which enable the counsellor to cope successfully with the large number and wide range of referrals they can receive in primary care.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudson-Allez, Glyn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE, 1997.
Subjects:
Brief psychotherapy > Practice.
Short-term counseling.
Brief psychotherapy > Case studies.
Mental health counseling.
Primary care (Medicine)
Psychotherapy.
Brief psychotherapy.
Health services administration.
Mental health services.
Psychology, Applied.
National health services.
Medical care.
counseling.
Psychotherapy
Psychology, Applied
National health services
Mental health services
Medical care
Health services administration
Brief psychotherapy
Mental health counseling
Short-term counseling
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I; Chapter 1: The Management of a Counselling Service in General Practice; Advantages and disadvantages of primary care counselling; Funding the service; Qualifications and training of the counsellor; Referrals to the counsellor; Reception facilities for the client; Confidentiality; Administration; Counsellor supervision; Chapter 2: Evaluation of the Service; Evaluative procedures; Overview of a time-limited service; Audit of time-limited service usage; Questionnaires; Chapter 3: Time-Limited Therapy.
  • What are the reasons for considering time-limited therapy?Can anything be resolved in such a short space of time?; What are the counsellors fears about TLT?; What are the techniques of working in a time-limited way?; Humanistic underpinning; Cognitive strategies; Brief therapy tools; Structuring the sessions; Structure of the contract; Assessment; Summary; Recommended reading; Part II; Chapter 4: Counselling for Anxiety and Depression; What is anxiety?; Panic attacks; Phobias; Depression; Post-natal depression; Manic depression; Learned helplessness; The suicidal client.
  • The client on medicationAssessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading; Chapter 5: Counselling People under Stress; The psychology of stress; Life events; Chronic stressors; Daily hassles; Personality factors; Assessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading; Chapter 6: Counselling People with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Rape; Road traffic accidents (RTAs); Violent assaults; Assessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading; Chapter 7: Counselling for Bereavement, Loss and Death; The psychology of grieving; Blocks to grief; Bereaved children; Pathological grief; Losing a baby; Facing death.
  • AssessmentTLT procedures:helping the bereaved; Helping the terminally ill; Breaking bad news; Recommended reading; Chapter 8: Counselling Individuals or Couples with Relationship Difficulties; The psychology of relationship; Adult developmental transitions; Sexuality difficulties; Infertility; Adultery; Marital violence; Co-dependency; Divorce; Homosexual relationships; Assessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading; Chapter 9: Counselling People with Eating Disorders; Anorexia; Bulimia; Binge-eating; Compulsive eating and obesity; Assessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading.
  • Chapter 10: Counselling Adults Abused as ChildrenSexual abuse; False memory syndrome; Physical abuse; Emotional abuse; Assessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading; Chapter 11: Counselling Individuals within Dysfunctional Families; Families with young children; Truancy and school phobia; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Asperger's syndrome; Adoption; Step-parenting; Adolescence; The demanding parent; The demented parent; Assessment; TLT procedures; Recommended reading; Chapter 12: Counselling People with Medical Conditions; Multiple sclerosis (MS).

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