This groundbreaking text, addressing a treatment modality in increasing demand, has now been released in a new edition, thoroughly updated, revised, and expanded to include rich material for learning and teaching the ""how to"" of brief psychotherapy. This new edition is grounded in research and meticulously referenced, at the same time, its style is hands-on and its focus utterly pragmatic.
Updated and expanded, this third edition of The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies: A Practitioner's Guide is a comprehensive and practical guide to the major short-term therapies. Accompanied by 40 streaming videos--available on desktop and mobile devices--it is the only text that shows leading experts such as Drs. Beck, Foa, and Levenson conducting their therapies, allowing for a deeper and richer learning experience for readers.
Each chapter is thoroughly updated, and new chapters cover such topics as dialectical behavior therapy, multicultural practice, and mentalizing, as well as fresh approaches to intervention, such as telepsychiatry and Internet-based interventions. There are also new videos on dialectical behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing.
Integrating theory, research, and step-by-step procedures, The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies is an ideal introduction to the range of short-term therapies for psychiatry residents, psychology graduate students and interns, social work students, and experienced practitioners looking to broaden their practice. Readers will find a wealth of models and techniques relevant to the treatment of anxiety, depression, addictions, borderline personality disorder, and much more.