Written for practicing psychotherapists, this book comprises 14 chapters, each addressing short-term treatment for a particular condition or patient population. These include the treatment of children and adolescents, dementia sufferers and their families, substance abuse clients, schizophrenic pati

Confronting the challenge to provide sound clinical treatment in brief therapy, this timely book will enrich the practices of all psychotherapists. Designed and arranged according to the DSM-IV diagnostic categories, each chapter addresses the short-term treatment of a specific condition or patient population. Starting from the premise that psychodynamically trained clinicians already possess the requisite skills to conduct short-term treatment, the editors demonstrate how to adapt these skills to a time-limited approach.