Therapy with tough clients - Couverture souple

Gafner

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845908783 ISBN 13 : 9781845908782

Editeur : Crown House Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Whether you're fairly new to therapy or you've practiced for many years, no doubt at times you've found yourself stumped with certain clients who leave you feeling perplexed and discouraged with that "I-just-don't-know-what-to-do-next" feeling. George Gafner has been there and that's precisely why he wrote this book. The reality is that today's cookie-cutter treatment mentality presupposes that all people with, say, depression, can be treated essentially the same way, which virtually ignores the established fact that a good deal of a person's mental functioning is governed not by conscious choice but instead by automatic, or unconscious, forces that lie outside voluntary control. The author believes that all therapeutic approaches should be adapted to the unique needs of the individual client, and that the unconscious needs to be heavily considered in any therapy approach. Centred around two fascinating case studies, Gafner discusses concepts and techniques seldom addressed, including the therapist's use of voice, subtle vocal shifts, the pause, the strategic interval of silence and seeding as well as the application of hypnotic techniques within standard talk therapy. He makes the case for integrating ego-strengthening in therapy, advocates ego-strengthening as a "shovel-ready project" and incorporates the use of healing metaphors in therapy. As a strong supporter of evidence-based treatments, he believes that in much of real world mental health treatment we can't simply follow a manual. We must adapt treatment to the unique needs of the individual, and the more skills and tools we can bring to bear, the better for both us and our clients.

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À propos de l'auteur

George Gafner, MSW, LCSW recently retired from the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Medical Center where he was director of family therapy and hypnosis training. For the past two years he has worked part-time as a mental health counselor at a local prison which holds 2,000 inmates. He is the author of five previous books on clinical hypnosis as well as numerous journal articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Crown House Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845908783
• ISBN 13: 9781845908782
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible