Knowing Through Changing: The Evolution of Brief Strategic Therapy - Hardcover

Giorgio Nardone; Claudette Portelli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845900154 ISBN 13: 9781845900151

Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

This book is the result of fifteen years of clinical-research work carried out at the Brief Strategic Centre of Arezzo, Italy, for the development of a continuously improving, efficient and effective treatment of various human problems. The authors put forward a simple yet comprehensive description of the epistemology and genealogy of Brief Strategic Therapy, while emphasizing the most evolved therapeutic interventions for each of the various disorders studied, acquired from the experimental-empirical research carried out in everyday clinical practice. All the phases of the advanced model of Brief Strategic Therapy are covered, revealing the corresponding objectives, strategies and language used in the treatment of various psychological problems. Importance is given to the first treatment session and the use of the Strategic Dialogue. For a better understanding of the model and its application, the book contains specific case examples of the treatment of phobic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, eating disorders, depression, child problems, presumed psychosis and others. In this section, the authors put forward the underlying logic of each specific disorder and its variants, the attempted solutions that maintain and worsen the problem and a step-by-step description of effective therapy. The final part of the book discusses a very controversial issue: the bridging of research and practice. The authors put forward a critical report of the different research approaches used in the study of psychotherapy, followed by a detailed account of the action intervention-research used at the various centres and institutes around the globe that apply the Advanced Brief Strategic Model, together with a description of the future prospects for Brief Strategic Therapy.

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This book, the result of fifteen years of clinical research carried out at the Brief Strategic Center (Centro di Terapia Strategica) in Arezzo, Italy, puts forward a simple yet comprehensive description of the epistemology and genealogy of Brief Strategic Therapy. It emphasizes the most evolved therapeutic interventions for each of the various disorders studied, which was acquired from the experiemental/empirical research carried out in every day clinical practice. Knowing Through Changing covers all of the phases of the advanced model of Brief Strategic Therapy, revealing the corresponding objectives, strategies and language used in the treatment of various psychological problems. Importance is given to the first treatment session and the use of the Strategic Dialogue. For a better understanding of the model and its application, the book contains specific case examples of the treatment of phobic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, eating disorders, depression, childhood problems, presumed psychosis and others. The authors discuss the underlying logic of each disorder and its variants, the attempted solutions that maintain and worsen the problem and a step-by-step description of effective therapy. This volume is a comprehensive, critical report of the different research approaches used in the study of psychotherapy. It is followed by a detailed account of the intervention used at numerous institutes and clinics around the world that rely on the Advanced Brief Strategic Model. In summary, this volume presents what is now being practiced using Brief Strategic Therapy, as well as prospects for the future.

About the Author:

Psychologist and psychotherapist, Giorgio Nardone is Director of Centro di Terapia Strategica in Arezzo, Italy and Director of the School of Specialization in Brief Strategic Psychotherapy. He runs numerous conferences, seminars and workshops for professionals.

Claudette Portelli is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, therapist, researcher and trainer at the Centro di Terapia Strategica in Arezzo, Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1845900154
• ISBN 13: 9781845900151
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 201