Supportive psychotherapy is widely practiced but poorly defined, often
misunderstood, and unfairly disparaged. Dr. Markowitz and his
colleagues manualized Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (BSP) as a
time-limited control treatment to compare to "more active" established
psychotherapies like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and
interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in research studies. In fact, BSP,
an emotion-focused, bare-bones treatment based on Carl Rogers' Client
Centered Therapy, has since proven itself to be a robust treatment in
multiple randomized controlled treatment trials. It has generally kept
pace with the brand name treatments in treating patients with
difficult disorders like chronic depression. Some therapists,
previously trained only in cognitive and behavioral approaches, have
found this affect-focused approach adds a new dimension to their
thinking and to patients' lives._Brief Supportive Psychotherapy: A
Treatment Manual and Clinical Approach_ is both an elaboration of the
now well-tested research treatment manual for BSP and a primer for
clinicians. It illustrates how BSP helps patients with mood and
anxiety disorders to tolerate rather than avoid their powerful
negative emotions. It describes the key elements of supportive
psychotherapy, covering the crucial "common factors" that help make
all evidence-based psychotherapies effective. These include affective
arousal, helping the patient to feel understood, realistic optimism
for improvement, a therapeutic ritual, clinical poise, and success
experiences. BSP maximizes patient autonomy, letting the patient lead
sessions, and prescribes no homework. It is an elemental, relatively
simple approach for a psychotherapy, yet no psychotherapy is easy to
do well. Its affect-focused approach enhances the application of all
psychotherapeutic approaches. It deserves a place among evidence-based
treatments in depression treatment guidelines.
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A Treatment Manual and Clinical Approach
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ISBN
9780197635810
Publisert
2022
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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