PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Changing Frames of Mind
Good Intentions and Bad Outcomes
Therapeutic and Countertherapeutic Qualities
PART TWO: SCHOOLS OF THERAPY AND CONTEXTS OF TREATMENT
THE OFFICE SETTING
Psychodynamic Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy
Cognitive Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy
Strategic-Systemic Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy
Contributions from the Family Therapy Field
THE MEDICAL SETTING
Behavioral Medicine Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy
Short-Term Inpatient Treatment
Review and Recommendations
THE EXISTENTIAL LANDSCAPE
Fiscal Realities
Observations, Speculations, and Suggestions
Existential Threads
PART THREE: HINDSIGHT
Brief Psychotherapy by Design
