Publisher's Synopsis
This is a concise summary of psychotherapy in the form of short notes. The aim is to provide the principle techniques, indications and cautions for the psychological treatments covered.;The book is written in a jargon-gree way that should be suitable for a wide audience: medical students, psychiatric nurses, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers and psychiatric occupational therapists.;The main psychotherapies discussed by the author include: counselling, supportive psychotherapy, individual dynamic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, couple and family therapy, cognitive analytical therapy (CAT), cognitive therapy and behavioural therapy. The final chapter considers a number of other therapies.
