Brief therapy is a unique and effective approach to mental health service delivery. Brief Psychotherapy: Time-Limited and Effective Treatments offers readers insight into the assumptions and operating principles that are at the core of all brief therapies. The book reviews contemporary and time-limited models of psychotherapy and also provides clinical illustrations of each theory.

Part I provides readers with an overview of brief therapy. The chapters describe brief therapy's unique perspective and focus for mental health service, the social and cultural forces that...

Research is not, nor should it be, restricted to those in academia. This is the central premise of Action Research and Single-Subject Designs: Serving Counselor Accountability and Improving Practice Decisions. The text is centred around the idea that ethical and effective counsellors approach their practice with the mindset of a reflective practitioner, engaging action research methodology to collect data to guide and improve practice decisions and demonstrate accountability and effectiveness.

Part I of the text provides the rationale for counsellors becoming reflective...

Flourishing in the Later Chapters of Life: A Guide to Positive Aging challenges the cultural bias that stigmatizes age, encouraging readers to embrace a more positive perspective on aging. The book leverages cross-cultural research and positive psychology principles to offer practical steps for viewing aging as a valuable phase of life to be nurtured and celebrated.

The book offers guidance aimed at improving health, life satisfaction, and well-being. Topics covered include the psychological foundations of happiness, stress management for longevity, self-discovery, and the...