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Tables of Contents for Brief Treatment and a New Look at the Task-Centered Approach
Chapter/Section Title
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Preface
viii
PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF BRIEF TREATMENT
1
108
Problems: Where Services Start
5
28
Problems and Problem Definitions: The Importance of Problem Definition in Brief Treatment
5
3
Dilemmas of Problem Identification
8
14
Defining Problems for Clinical Work
22
10
Summary
32
1
Intervention Frameworks
33
35
Clinical Practice Defined
33
1
Treatment/Intervention Frameworks
34
1
General Types and Models of Treatment
35
1
Goals
35
8
From Goals to Results: Developing a Plan
43
2
Methods: In General and in Brief Treatment
45
6
The Issue of Effectiveness
51
12
Treatment in Complex, Natural Circumstances
63
3
Summary
66
2
Features of Brief Treatment
68
23
History and Background of Brief Treatment
68
3
Theoretical Views and Assumptions
71
1
Types and Models of Brief Treatment
72
3
Classification of Brief Treatment Techniques
75
13
Selection of Models
88
1
Extensions and Adaptations of Brief Treatment
89
1
Summary
89
2
The Task-Centered Model: The Problem-Solving Paradigm in Action
91
18
Background of the Task-Centered Model
91
1
Task-Centered Practice as a Set of Procedures
92
7
Scope of the Task-Centered Model: Where Should it Be Used?
99
1
Basic Procedures: In Brief and in General
99
9
Summary
108
1
PART II GUIDELINES FOR BRIEF TREATMENT
109
98
Starting Up: Receiving Referrals and Applications
111
15
Referrals and Brief Treatment
111
4
Negotiating Referrals
115
8
Applications
123
1
Summary
124
2
First Step: Problem Identification
126
38
Overlap of Steps
127
1
Deciding on Problem Focus
128
2
General Orientation to the Elements of a Problem
130
4
Classification of Problems
134
1
Mandated Problems and Services with Involuntary Clients
135
1
Facilitating Client Problem Identification
135
11
The Role and Responsibility of the Practitioner in Deciding on Target Problems
146
1
The Essence of Targeting Problems
146
12
Rapid Early Assessment
158
3
Relationship Management
161
1
Summary
162
2
Second Step: Contracting: Plans, Goals, Tasks, Time Limits, and Other Agreements
164
27
Contracts as Case Plans
164
1
The Role of Assessment in Planning
165
1
Written and Oral Contracts: Advantages and Disadvantages
166
3
Making up the Contract
169
20
Revising the Contract
189
1
Other Contractual Activities
189
1
Summary
189
2
Third Step: Implementation: Problem Solving, Assessment, Task Achievement, and Problem Reduction
191
16
Implementing the Task-Centered Model
191
3
Refining the Problem Status
194
1
Assessment in the Third Step
195
9
Generating Alternatives
204
1
Negotiating Supportive and Collaborative Actions of Other Persons and Agencies
205
1
Decision Making: Goals and Interventions
206
1
Informed Consent
206
1
Overlap of Processes
207
1
Implementing the Intervention Strategy
207