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The Heroic Client
A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy
Barry L. Duncan (Author), Scott D. Miller (Author), Jacqueline A. Sparks (Author)
9780787972400, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 16 March 2004
288 pages
22.6 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.386 kg
“… Great. Great. Great. Buy. Buy. Buy…one of the few works on therapy which I would attempt to salvage if shipwrecked on a desert island….” (Ipnosis, No.16, Winter 2004)
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 therapy accountable. The Heroic Client inspires therapists to boldly rewrite the drama of therapy, recast clients in their rightful role as heroes and heroines of the therapeutic stage, and legitimize their services to third-party payers without the compromises of the medical model.
Foreword to the Revised Edition ix Foreword to the First Edition xii Preface xvii 1 Therapy at the Crossroads 1 2 The Myth of the Medical Model 21 3 Becoming Client Directed 49 4 Becoming Outcome Informed 81 5 The Client’s Theory of Change 119 6 The Myth of the Magic Pill 147 7 Planet Mental Health 178 Epilogue: A Tale of Two Therapies 201 Appendixes I A First-Person Account of Mental Health Services 213 II Consumer/survivor/ex-patient Resource Information 217 III Five Questions About Psychotherapy 219 IV Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale; 221 Experimental Versions for Children References 229 About the Authors 249 Name Index 254 Subject Index 261
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Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]
