The Heroic Client
A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy
Published on 11. March 2004
292 pages
978-0-7879-7367-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this controversial book, psychologists Barry Duncan and Scott Miller, cofounders of the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change, challenge the traditional focus on diagnosis, "silver bullet" techniques, and magic pills, exposing them as empirically bankrupt practices that only diminish the role of clients and hasten therapy's extinction. Instead, they advocate for the long-ignored but most crucial factor in therapeutic success-the innate resources of the client. Based on extensive clinical research and case studies, The Heroic Client not only shows how to harness the client's powers of regeneration to make therapy effective, but also how to enlist the client as a partner to make therapy accountable. The Heroic Client inspires therapists to boldly rewrite the drama of therapy, recast clients in their rightful role as heroes and heroines of the therapeutic stage, and legitimize their services to third-party payers without the compromises of the medical model.
Reviews / Votes
"... Great. Great. Great. Buy. Buy. Buy...one of the few works on therapy which I would attempt to salvage if shipwrecked on a desert island...." (Ipnosis, No.16, Winter 2004)More details
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Barry L. Duncan | Scott D. Miller | Jacqueline A. Sparks
The Heroic Client
A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy
Book
03/2004
Jossey-Bass
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Persons
Barry L. Duncan is cofounder and codirector of the Institute forthe Study of Therapeutic Change and in private practice in CoralSprings, Florida.
Scott D. Miller is cofounder and codirector of the Institute forthe Study of Therapeutic Change, in Chicago, Illinois.
Jacqueline A. Sparks is assistant professor of marriage andfamily therapy, Department of Human Development and Family Studies,at the University of Rhode Island.
Content
Foreword to the Revised Edition (Bruce E. Wampold).
Foreword to the First Edition (Larry E. Beutler).
Preface.
1. Therapy at the Crossroads.
2. The Myth of the Medical Model.
3. Becoming Client Directed.
4. Becoming Outcome Informed with Lynn Johnson, Jeb Brown, andMorten Anker.
5 The Client's Theory of Change with Susanne Coleman, LisaKelledy, and Steven Kopp.
6 The Myth of the Magic Pill with Grace Jackson, Roger P.Greenberg, and Karen Kinchin.
7 Planet Mental Health.
Epilogue: A Tale of Two Therapies.
Appendixes.
I. A First-Person Account of Mental Health Services (RonaldBassman).
II. Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Resource Information (RonaldBassman).
III. Five Questions About Psychotherapy.
IV. Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale; ExperimentalVersions for Children.
References.
About the Authors.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
