Efficient Therapy for Specific Client Problems : Making the Most of Every Client Session (Hardcover)

Introduction? 1. Find Out What the Person Wants from Therapy and Offer Problem-Focused Help When Appropriate? 2. Get Informed Consent? 3. Adopt a Client-Led Stance? 4. Encourage Your Client to Prepare for the First and Subsequent Therapy Sessions? 5. Use the Working Alliance Concept as a General Guide to Your Work with Your Client? 6. Begin Therapy with Your Client As Soon as Possible? 7. Develop a Problem List with Your Client and Set an Agenda for Each Session? 8. Encourage Your Client to Get the ‘Feel’ of Being in Therapy with You,if Necessary? 9. Establish and Maintain Meta-Therapy Communication with Your Client? 10. Identify and Focus on Your Client’s Nominated Problem? 11. Be Goal Directed with Your Client? 12. Problem Assessment: Be Specific with Your Client? 13. Be Solution-Focused with Your Client? 14. Steps to Take Before Helping Your Client Find a Solution? 15. Help Your Client to Select the Solution that Works Best for Them? 16. Help Your Client Try Out the Solution in the Session? 17. Help Your Client Develop a Plan to Implement Their Chosen Solution? 18. Deal with Your Client’s Obstacles to Change Before and When They Occur? 19. Uncover and Deal with Your Client’s Doubts, Reservations and Objections to Therapy? 20. Invite Your Client to Summarise the Session and Specify Takeaways? 21. Invite Your Client to Generalise Their Learning to Other Relevant Aspects of Their Life? 22. End Each Therapy Session Well with Your Client? 23. Encourage Your Client to Schedule Sessions (or Not) As They See Fit? 24. Encourage Your Client to Engage in Post-Session Reflection? 25. Review Periodically Your Client’s Views About Therapy Overall and Their? Progress? 26. End Therapy Well with Your Client? References? Appendix 1??Appendix 2??Appendix 3??Appendix 4??Appendix 5