This text covers topics including: cognitive therapy; brief behaviour therapy; solution-focused brief therapy; brief interpersonal therapy; time-limited dynamic psychotherapy; brief couple therapy.

-Part II, Special Topics, covers identifying the essential ingredients of brief therapy, conducting brief therapy in a multicultural context, combining brief therapy with medications, and evaluating competency in brief therapy. -Part III, Overview and Synthesis, proposes three skill sets-relationship, instrumental, and change agency-that form the backbone of what it means to be a competent practitioner of brief psychotherapy. Fully indexed and easy to use, this volume is destined to become the definitive guide to acquiring core competency in this field (as mandated by the residency review committee), bringing to life the fascinating and challenging world of brief psychotherapy for students, educators, residents, and practitioners everywhere.

Introduction. Part I: Six Key Brief Psychotherapies. Cognitive therapy: introduction to theory and practice. Brief behavior therapy. Solution-focused brief therapy: doing what works. Brief interpersonal psychotherapy. Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy: formulation and intervention. Brief couple therapy. Part II: Special Topics. Essential ingredients for successful psychotherapy: effect of common factors. Brief psychotherapy in a multicultural context. Combining brief psychotherapy and medications. Evaluating competence in brief psychotherapy. Part III: Overview and Synthesis. Doing therapy, briefly. Index.