Opening Gambits : The First Session of Psychotherapy

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Opening Gambits : The First Session of Psychotherapy

Opening Gambits : The First Session of Psychotherapy. Peter S Armstrong

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Author: Peter S Armstrong
Page Count: 235 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2000
Publisher: Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers
Publication Country: Northvale NJ, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9780765702418
File size: 26 Mb
File Name: Opening.Gambits.The.First.Session.of.Psychotherapy.pdf
Download Link: Opening Gambits The First Session of Psychotherapy
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The first session of psychotherapy is critical in determining the course of successful treatment because the possibility of engaging a patient is at its height during the initial contact. This book offers guidelines to enhance the clinician's ability to conduct an effective first session. The therapist's stance and its implications for first session technique are discussed (e.g., first words, therapist anxiety, and subtle directives) as well as issues of scheduling, fees, and cancellations. Armstrong identifies eight essential tasks of the first session (including, for example, an atmosphere of safety, patient assessment, the contract, and transition), and demonstrates with rich clinical detail the steps he takes to accomplish them. Specific attention is given to patients with previous therapy, returning patients, compliant and meek patients, and those in need of medication or hospitalization. Well considered and thought-provoking, this book introduces beginning therapists to the complexity and range of first session concerns, and challenges experienced therapists to rethink the techniques and personal mannerisms that may have become automatic in meeting a patient for the first time.

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