Heroic Client A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy

Name: Heroic Client A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy
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ISBN: 9780787972400

ISBN-10: 0787972401

ISBN-13: 9780787972400

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Barry L. Duncan, Scott D. Miller, Jacqueline A. Sparks

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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…

Book details

List price: $43.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., practices solution-oriented therapy in Chicago.



Foreword to the Revised Edition



Foreword to the First Edition



Preface



Therapy at the Crossroads



The Myth of the Medical Model



Becoming Client Directed



Becoming Outcome Informed




The Client's Theory of Change




The Myth of the Magic Pill




Planet Mental Health


Epilogue: A Tale of Two Therapies


Appendixes



A First-Person Account of Mental Health Services




Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Resource Information




Five Questions About Psychotherapy



Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale; Experimental Versions for Children


References


About the Authors


Name Index


Subject Index