Escape from Babel: Toward a Unifying Language for Psychotherapy Practice / Edition 1

by Barry L. Duncan, Mark A. Hubble, Scott D. Miller Ph.D.

Overview

While "psychotherapy" has been busily dividing into hundreds of different models, research shows that it doesn't really matter which approach you use. Yet there are some factors, across models, that do matter.

The authors want readers to shake their allegiance to masters and models and focus on the basics of relationship, hope, and a plan for the future. Theirs is a simple but effective approach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393702194
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/17/1996
Series:	Norton Professional Bks.
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., practices solution-oriented therapy in Chicago.

Editorial Reviews

Urges psychotherapists to abandon their allegiance to a particular model, method, or guru and focus on aspects of treatment that are common to all schools in the field. Among those are respect for the client's point of view, the therapeutic relationship, the client's hope and plan for the future, and using techniques and models to provide structure and introduce novelty. Presents a number of short vignettes and two extended case studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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