Ebook: Beginnings: the art and science of planning psychotherapy

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 What Do We Mean by Diagnosis?; 2 Alliance; 3 Focus; 4 History Taking-Comprehensive or Selective?; 5 Patient Activity; 6 What Material Is Important?; 7 How Can We Be Sure?; 8 Trial Interventions and Feedback; 9 The Concept of Underlying Disturbance; 10 Deficit; 11 Characterological Dysfunction; 12 Conflict; 13 Trauma; 14 Enhancing the Patient's Ability to Form an Alliance; 15 Reality Testing and Reasoning; 16 Emotional Regulation; 17 Relatedness; 18 Conscience; 19 The Psychological Costs of Change.