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Premature Termination in Psychotherapy 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Joshua K. Swift (Author), Roger P. Greenberg (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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As many as one in five psychotherapy clients drop out of treatment before they have made meaningful progress. Even experienced therapists cannot promote positive change in clients who don t complete the full course of treatment.

This book presents eight evidence-based strategies for preventing premature termination. These strategies help therapists:

Establish the ground rules and orient the client to the role of both therapist and client

Openly discuss termination

Work with clients preferences, and

Educate clients about how change occurs

Additional strategies are described to strengthen clients hope and motivation and evaluate progress throughout the course of therapy.

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  1. ISBN-13
    978-1433818011
  2. Edition
    1st
  3. Publisher
    American Psychological Association
  4. Publication date
    September 15, 2014
  5. Language
    English
  6. File size
    2916 KB
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Informed, informative, pragmatic and practical, Premature Termination in Psychotherapy should be considered mandatory reading for both aspiring and practicing psychotherapists and is an essential, core addition to academic library Psychology/Psychiatry reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

― Midwest Book Review

Premature client termination is a problem for both beginning and experienced clinicians. The objective of this book is to offer an understanding of why it happens and when it happens most frequently, as well as provide strategies supported by empirical data that meaningfully reduce the incidence of premature termination. This objective is certainly attained in a clear, concise and empirically supported style that is for the most part accessible to any level of counselor.

― The Professional Counselor

One of the very best examples of the new generation of psychotherapy development. Based on rigorous research findings and a deep look into the preexisting literature, this book presents practical guidelines to understand premature termination and provides evidence-based strategies for how to engage patients in treatment. It will especially be a highlight for practitioners who are interested in a broad insight of the overall empirical literature. For graduate students in clinical and counseling psychology, this book might be an excellent prototype for how to bring rigorous quantitative research and convenient practice examples together.

― PsycCRITIQUES

About the Author

Joshua K. Swift, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage and a core faculty member in the Joint University of Alaska Fairbanks/University of Alaska Anchorage PhD Program in clinical-community psychology, where he directs the Psychotherapy Process and Outcome Research Lab. He is also a licensed psychologist in the state of Alaska. As an early career psychologist he has authored or coauthored more than 80 professional publications and presentations. He has also been recognized with a number of awards, including the APA Division 29 (Psychotherapy) Distinguished Publication of Psychotherapy Research Award, Division 29 President's Award for Psychotherapy Research, and University of Alaska Anchorage's Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Research.
 
Roger P. Greenberg, PhD, is Distinguished Professor and director of the Psychology Division at State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. He is also the psychology internship training director at SUNY and a long-standing clinician in private practice. He has authored or coauthored about 250 publications and presentations, including The Art and Science of Brief Psychotherapies: An Illustrated Guide (2012), From Placebo to Panacea: Putting Psychiatric Drugs to the Test (1997), and the award-winning The Scientific Credibility of Freud's Theories and Therapy (1985). He has received the National Register of Health Service Psychologists' Alfred B. Wellner Lifetime Achievement Award, the New York State Psychological Association's Joanne Lifshin Mentorship Award, the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers' Excellence in Training Award, and the SUNY President's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WNF9UZ6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Psychological Association; 1st edition (September 15, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 15, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2916 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
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  • Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book on a very important topic.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2014
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    This is an excellent book on a very important topic. Premature termination (also called “dropout”) is a problem in all models of psychotherapy, yet the topic is often treated like a “hot potato” and avoided by our field. In this book, Drs. Swift and Greenberg address dropouts head-on, basing their findings and recommendations on solid scientific research. In their research, Drs. Swift and Greenberg have discovered that certain variables predict dropout (e.g., clients’ expectations and motivation for treatment, the strength of clients’ hope, the quality of the therapeutic working alliance, etc.) While all psychotherapists would that these variables are important in theory, in practice it is often easy for us to become focused on our own models of therapy, and end up losing track of the client. This book offers concrete and practical advice for therapists to attend to the client better, and thus ensure that clients’ get the maximum value from treatment. As a psychotherapist and psychotherapy supervisor, I highly recommend this book for both trainees and seasoned clinicians.
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