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Introduces mental health providers to focused brief group therapy, and shows how how it can help reduce a patient's distress from loneliness and disconnection. Blending the art and science of therapy, this semi-structured model enables therapists to improve their client's existing interpersonal relationships, or develop new ones.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Overview and Rationale
I. THE MODEL
1. Theoretical Underpinnings
2. Focused Brief Group Therapy Structure, Parameters, and Mechanisms of Change
3. Interpersonal Scale Descriptions
4. Leadership Attitudes, Foci, and Skills
II. THE MODEL IN PRACTICE
5. Preparing for Focused Brief Group Therapy: Referrals and Assessment Integration
6. Therapy, Pregroup Preparation, and Screening: The Importance of the TPS Session
7. Leading the First Two Sessions
8. Leading the Middle and Later Sessions
9. Making Sense of Client Change: Triangulation of Data
10. Debriefing as an Essential Bookend
11. Research and Future Directions
References
Index
About the Author

Focused Brief Group Therapy

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      Publisher American Psychological Association
      Published 20 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781433836510
      978-1433836510
      ISBN-10 1433836513
      Also in:
      Psychotherapy: counselling Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Introduces mental health providers to focused brief group therapy, and shows how how it can help reduce a patient's distress from loneliness and disconnection. Blending the art and science of therapy, this semi-structured model enables therapists to improve their client's existing interpersonal relationships, or develop new ones.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Overview and Rationale
      I. THE MODEL
      1. Theoretical Underpinnings
      2. Focused Brief Group Therapy Structure, Parameters, and Mechanisms of Change
      3. Interpersonal Scale Descriptions
      4. Leadership Attitudes, Foci, and Skills
      II. THE MODEL IN PRACTICE
      5. Preparing for Focused Brief Group Therapy: Referrals and Assessment Integration
      6. Therapy, Pregroup Preparation, and Screening: The Importance of the TPS Session
      7. Leading the First Two Sessions
      8. Leading the Middle and Later Sessions
      9. Making Sense of Client Change: Triangulation of Data
      10. Debriefing as an Essential Bookend
      11. Research and Future Directions
      References
      Index
      About the Author

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