Promoting Change Through Brief Therapy in Christian Counseling

by Gary J. Oliver

Book Overview

As health-care costs soar and insurance companies limit reimbursement, people no longer can afford to be in counseling for months and years. In response, the counseling community has developed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842350594
• ISBN13: 9780842350594
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

This book made me a better counselor

Too many books on counseling talk about theory and more theory. While counselors need a good theoretical base, we desperately need practical ideas for helping the people who come in to see us. This book provided that kind of help for me. A central theme of this book is about undestanding how people change. If we know this, we can help them change. The book encourages you to look for even small changes, because change is generative. The book even gives an outline of what the first few sessions of solution-focused therapy should look like. As the authors state, the avearge client only comes six to eight sessions anyway, so therapists need to focus on making the most of those sessions. This book helps give you a plan for making that happen.

Outstanding book on Brief Therapy for Christian Counselors

I am a Christian psychiatrist who found this book to be very well written. The authors offer practical insights and avoid the use of technical jargon. The theoretical orientation is solution-focused which can be used alone or in combination with other treatment modalities. I really liked this book and highly recommend it for therapists new and experienced alike. It is a must have for every psychotherapist's library!