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Zusatztext "Drawing from the work of Albert Ellis and others! this is the definitive guide to one-session work with clients using an active-directive! problem-focused integrated CBT approach. It also contains lots of ideas and practical tips that should be of interest for therapists of other theoretical persuasions wanting to help clients rapidly. Well done!" - Michael F. Hoyt! Ph.D.! co-originator of the Single Session Therapy approach; author of Brief Psychotherapies and Some Stories Are Better than Others; coeditor of Capturing the Moment: Single Session Therapy and Walk-In Services and One at a Time: Single Session Therapy by Walk-In or Appointment. "One of a kind book! Windy Dryden provide us with a detailed and rich guidelines to be used with a wide variety of human problems! which often can be greatly helped by utilizing his integrative CBT approach in a single session consultation." - Dr. Moshe Talmon! author of Single Session therapy: Maximizing the effect of the first (and often only) Therapeutic encounter and Single session Solutions: A guide to practical! effective and affordable therapy! co-editor of Capturing the moment: Single-session therapy and walk-in services "(SSI-CBT):Distinctive Featuresby prolific author! Windy Dryden! is a true gem for therapists in the real world of clinical practice where a single session is what you will need to work with. This master clinician provides the therapist with details about every aspect of having a therapeutic effect in a short period of time. Concise but right on target and informative! this book will prove invaluable to therapists at all levels of experience. Highly recommended." - Robert L. Leahy! Ph.D.! Director! American Institute for Cognitive Therapy Informationen zum Autor Windy Dryden is in full-time clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 40 years and is the author of over 200 books. Zusammenfassung Until quite recently, therapist training was predicated on the notion that therapy is an ongoing process. Single Session Integrated CBT (SSI-CBT) questions this. In this book, Windy Dryden takes long standing research on SSI therapy and transfers it to the field of CBT in a timely and conceptual application. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Single Session Integrated CBT (SSI-CBT): What it is and some basic assumptions 2. Working alliance theory: A generic framework for SSI-CBT 3. People largely create and maintain their problems by a range of cognitive-behavioural factors 4. As far as possible clients should be helped to deal healthily with the adversity involved in their problem, whether real or inferred 5. Human beings have the capability to help themselves quickly under specific circumstances 6. It is important to privilege clients’ viewpoints in SSI-CBT 7. Who can benefit from SSI-CBT? 8. Contraindications for SSI-CBT 9. A focus on problems and goals is both important in SSI-CBT 10. Carry out a full assessment and do as much case formulation as you can in the time available 11. In SSI-CBT it is possible to help clients identify and deal with a central mechanism responsible for the existence of their problems 12. The person’s subsequent responses to their first response are often more important than the first response itself 13. It is important to draw upon a range of client variables in SSI-CBT 14. Helpful client characteristics for SSI-CBT 15. Helpful therapist characteristics for SSI-CBT 16. Good Practice in SSI-CBT 17. An Overview of the SSI-CBT Process 18. The first contact 19. The pre-session phone-call 20. The face-to-face session. 1: Beginning 21. The face-to-face session. 2: Creating a focus 22. The face-to-face session. 3: Understanding the target problem 23. The face-to-face session. 4: Setting a goal 24. The fac...