Brief Strategic Therapy Philosophy, Techniques, and Research

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Pub. Date: 2005-02-17
Publisher(s): Jason Aronson, Inc.
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Summary

This book provides the most comprehensive explanation of brief strategic therapy techniques and reveals how apparently simple techniques can solve complex, seemingly untreatable problems. The authors offer in-depth case studies and a thorough evaluation of the results obtained from their empirical research. Brief Strategic Therapy will be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in solving complicated problems by simple strategies.

Author Biography

Giorgio Nardone is the director of the Centro di Terapia Strategica (Strategic Therapy Center) and of the Post Graduate School of Brief Strategic Psychotherapy in Arezzo. He is also professor of brief psychotherapy at the Post Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, University of Siena, Italy.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
1. If You Desire to See, Learn How to Act 1(20)
2. Nonordinary Logic for Strategic Problem Solving 21(14)
From Epistemology to Logic: For Better Guidelines in Brief Therapy
Nonordinary Logic and Brief Therapy
3. Heresies of the Strategic Approach 35(20)
Choose Probability Over "Truth"
First Heresy: Passing from Closed to Open Theoretical Systems
Second Heresy: Focus on How Rather Than Why
Third Heresy: The Therapist Is Responsible
Fourth Heresy: Change Comes Before Insight
4. Clinical Practice 55(36)
Processes and Procedures of Therapy
First Appointment and Building of the Therapeutic Relationship
Defining the Problem
Agreement on the Goals of Therapy
Identifying the Perceptive-Reactive System Maintaining the Problem
Therapy Programming and Strategies of Change
Actions and Therapeutic Communication
Use of Paradox and of Paradoxical Communication Patterns
The Utilization of Resistance
The Use of Metaphor, Anecdotes, and Stories
Behavioral Prescriptions
Termination
5. Advanced Techniques: From General to Specific Models of Brief Therapy 91(18)
Case 1: Agoraphobia with Panic Attacks
Case 2: Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Case 3: Depression
Case 4: Paranoia and Obsessive Doubts
Case 5: Vomiting
Case 6: Bulimia
Case 7: Blocked Performance
Case 8: Agoraphobia
6. Unusual Case Examples: Tales of Apparently Magical Therapies 109(28)
Case 1: The Neighbors Want to See Me Naked
Case 2: The Energy-Draining Magnet
Case 3: A Phobia of Mirrors
Case 4: The Obsession of Doing It in One's Pants
Case 5: The Repetition of Mental Formulas
Case 6: The Mother-Dependent Psychiatrist
Case 7: We Can Help You Do It Better
Case 8: The Wall of Silence
Case 9: The Unending Thesis
7. Outcome Research 137(22)
Methodological Criteria
The Sample
Results
References 159(18)
Index 177

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