Doing Therapy Briefly

Acknowledgements.- About the Authors.- Introduction and Overview of Time Sensitive Therapy.- Exploring 'Brief' and 'Time Sensitive Therapy'.- Emancipating Therapy.- Therapy as Conversation.- 'How Have You Managed To Cope So Well?'.- Preparing For The First Therapy Session: Some Parameters To Consider.- Outline of The First Therapy Session: A 'Map' For Practise.- Working Positively and Briefly With a Teenager With a Serious Medical Condition: A Case Study.- Getting Unstuck in Therapy: Adversity as Opportunity.- Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions: Briefly Focused.- Endings and Closure in Therapy.- Brief Therapy in Managed Care.- References.