Posted by GeneLady on March 11, 2009, at 23:20:29
In reply to 'Brief Therapy', posted by antigua3 on March 11, 2009, at 16:09:01
I haven't heard of that exact phrase but the concept of short term therapy I thought was fairly common. I think it's oriented at developing tools to work with an issue(s)in a short period of time as compared, to, say digging into one's background and family a great deal.
A number of years ago when my T died I was calling around and talked to one T who said she would not have kept me the 3 years that the (then deceased) T had kept me. I found the "3-month T" on the internet and she seems to think around 3 months is enough. It was not enough for me ... grieving takes a lot longer than that and I needed the support. On the other hand, perhaps for some people, focusing very clearly on certain strategies is very adequate. The insurance companies must love it. Probably just depends on the issues and needs and strategies and T and individual. Sometimes just the dynamics between T and patient might be enough to carry the person for quite awhile w/o long term therapy.
> Does anyone have any experience with "Brief Therapy"? My pdoc brought it up last night and I've been researching it pretty much all day, and I've found lots of things, but I'm more interested in knowing of anyone who has ever undergone this specific therapy.
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> It is based on the work of Milton Erickson.
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> Thanks,
> antigua
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