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Brief Psychotherapy

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Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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Abstract

The practice of brief psychotherapy with children varies with the relatively few practitioners who employ it in both form and content. It is a pragmatic treatment approach based on several theoretical orientations and utilizing multiple methods and techniques. Nevertheless, a number of elements generally are recognized as fundamental to this psychotherapeutic approach: Duration: Brief psychotherapy is time-limited. It is brief relative to more traditional, open-ended dynamically oriented psychotherapies. Its duration may vary from 3 hours (Shulman, 1960) to as long as 6 months (Proskower, 1969) depending on theoretical ’formulation and technique, or external time constraints, such as the departure of therapist or patient, limitations of insurance coverage, or clinic policies.

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  1. Division of Child Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    G. Pirooz Sholevar M.D. (Clinical Professor and Director) (Clinical Professor and Director)

  2. Youth and Outpatient Services Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, University Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Ronald M. Benson M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor and Director) (Clinical Associate Professor and Director)

  3. Department of Psychiatry Human Behavior School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA

    Barton J. Blinder M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor) (Clinical Associate Professor)

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Rosenthal, A.J. (1980). Brief Psychotherapy. In: Sholevar, G.P., Benson, R.M., Blinder, B.J. (eds) Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6684-3_7

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