Therapists and counsellors in training and practice will find in this book a new, accessible and powerful approach to short-term therapy with couples. Much problem behaviour in relationships can be see## attempts to find solutions to pain and distress. This guide to therapy is based on the authors considerable clinical experience and on their integrative approach which brings together ideas from humanistic, analytic and cognitive behavioural therapy. The authors approach is based on a developmental perspective which relates the partners history to their present situation. The method helps...

Research has demonstrated that brief therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be very successful and tends to be more effective than long term work. Traumatic Incident Reduction is a relatively new technique that has proven in one research study to be more effective than direct therapeutic exposure (imaginal flooding and progressive muscle relaxation). The technique is very straightforward and can be taught to mental health professionals in four-to-five day training workshops.

Counselling and therapy in small groups is manageable, effective, efficient, and an increasingly important part of the repertoire of the busy practitioner. This book is an up-to-date and accessible guide to the principles and practice of working with small groups, using a cognitive-behavioural perspective. The context is work with groups of 5 8 clients in programmes of brief therapy consisting of 10 group sessions supplemented, where necessary, by individual counselling sessions. Therapists and counsellors will welcome this book for its
* Focus on group treatment combined with...