Brief Strategic Therapy Philosophy,

This book provides the most comprehensive explanation of brief strategic therapy techniques and reveals how apparently simple techniques can solve complex, seemingly untreatable problems. The authors offer in-depth case studies and a thorough evaluation of the results obtained from their empirical research. Brief Strategic Therapy will be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in solving complicated problems by simple strategies.

Giorgio Nardone is the director of the Centro di Terapia Strategica (Strategic Therapy Center) and of the Post Graduate School of Brief Strategic Psychotherapy in Arezzo. He is also professor of brief psychotherapy at the Post Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, University of Siena, Italy.

Introduction

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1. If You Desire to See, Learn How to Act

1

(20)

2. Nonordinary Logic for Strategic Problem Solving

21

(14)

From Epistemology to Logic: For Better Guidelines in Brief Therapy

Nonordinary Logic and Brief Therapy

3. Heresies of the Strategic Approach

35

(20)

Choose Probability Over "Truth"

First Heresy: Passing from Closed to Open Theoretical Systems

Second Heresy: Focus on How Rather Than Why

Third Heresy: The Therapist Is Responsible

Fourth Heresy: Change Comes Before Insight

4. Clinical Practice

55

(36)

Processes and Procedures of Therapy

First Appointment and Building of the Therapeutic Relationship

Defining the Problem

Agreement on the Goals of Therapy

Identifying the Perceptive-Reactive System Maintaining the Problem

Therapy Programming and Strategies of Change

Actions and Therapeutic Communication

Use of Paradox and of Paradoxical Communication Patterns

The Utilization of Resistance

The Use of Metaphor, Anecdotes, and Stories

Behavioral Prescriptions

Termination

5. Advanced Techniques: From General to Specific Models of Brief Therapy

91

(18)

Case 1: Agoraphobia with Panic Attacks

Case 2: Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

Case 3: Depression

Case 4: Paranoia and Obsessive Doubts

Case 5: Vomiting

Case 6: Bulimia

Case 7: Blocked Performance

Case 8: Agoraphobia

6. Unusual Case Examples: Tales of Apparently Magical Therapies

109

(28)

Case 1: The Neighbors Want to See Me Naked

Case 2: The Energy-Draining Magnet

Case 3: A Phobia of Mirrors

Case 4: The Obsession of Doing It in One's Pants

Case 5: The Repetition of Mental Formulas

Case 6: The Mother-Dependent Psychiatrist

Case 7: We Can Help You Do It Better

Case 8: The Wall of Silence

Case 9: The Unending Thesis

7. Outcome Research

137

(22)

Methodological Criteria

The Sample

Results

References

159

(18)

Index

177

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Brief Strategic Therapy Philosophy, Techniques, and Research

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