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| Premises of brief therapy |
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| : 1. There are a specific focus and defined treatment outcome. 2. Clients are usually screened carefully as to their suitability for limited treatment. |
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| Brief therapy works best with |
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| : Acute, specific symptoms rather than chronic conditions. |
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: One who does not believe in theories, interested only in results. (Erikson)
1.The therapist knows stuff that the client does not know. As such, the therapist is an expert
2.There are certain things the therapist knows that the client does not need to know. It isn’t necessary to explain what you are doing, or even for the client to understand what is going on.
3.The Therapist is entitled to use what he or she knows to influence the clinet in ways that are believed to be helpful, without necessarily recruiting the client’s cooperation and support along the way.
4.Being deceptive or manipulative are ethical and acceptable if they are used for the client’s own good. |
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| : The client is meant to disobey |
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: Negotiate with the client, reformulate the problem in a way that is acceptable to her, and also cast it in a form that makes it easier to change.
1. Advance Preparation
2. Directives
3. Accentuate the Positive |
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| : Predict the replaces so that the client is not unduly alarmed or unprepared. |
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| : An order or instruction given by the therapist. Objective is to provide experiences that are so distasteful that the clients will cure themselves so they do not have to return again |
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| : The client is the expert, the therapist is just a consultant. 1. If something isn’t broken, don’t fix it. 2. If it works. Do more of it. 3. If it doesn’t work, do something else. No need to understand how and why the problem developed, only to fix it. |
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| : If the client completes a straightforward task, give another one. If the client modifies a task, offer an easily changeable task that is ambiguous. If the client doesn’t complete homework, don’t give more homework. If the client does the opposite of what is asked, give paradoxical directives. |
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| : describe and reflect what is going on in the session as it is happening. Brings attention to the immediate moment. |
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: Used when clients feel stuck or at a loss to come up with solutions to their problems.
1st) Client is taught a technique called time travel in which fantasy is used to go back and forth in time.
2nd) Therapist asks What is different about your life now? – Client talks about how wonderful life is without the problem.
3rd) Since you are now so happy and satisfied with having fixed this problem, what did you do to fix it?
4th) Client may directly say what needs to be done. |
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| Best candidates for brief therapy |
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: Might be ideal for time restraints, someone with very specific problem, someone is in crisis, modest goals can be quickly identified. Good candidates would be:
1. High motivation
2. Acute, specific problems
3. Psychological sophistication
4. Crisis Situations
5. Willingness and ability to articulate concerns
6. Above average intelligence
7. Ability to form a trusting relationship with the therapist
8. Ability and willingness to stay on task
9. Early responsiveness |
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| People can be deeply affected by just one interaction. |
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| Contraindications of this approach |
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| : Could screw ppl up more than help them. |
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| Emphasis of problem-solving approach |
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1. If something isn’t broken, don’t fix it.
2. If it works. Do more of it.
3. If it doesn’t work, do something else. No need to understand how and why the problem developed, only to fix it. |
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