Brief Therapy with Intimidating Cases

A Proven Technique Applying Brief Therapy to Difficult andChallenging Disorders Changing the Unchangeable is a myth shattering book that revealshow short-term therapy can be used as a powerful tool for treatingclients who present a range of complex psychological disordersincluding severe depression, delusions and paranoia, anorexia,alcoholism, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and borderlinepersonality disorder. "Fisch and Schlanger have done an admirable job of addressing thedifficult. They have done this with detailed description of casesand of step-by-step explanations for dealing with the'unchangeable' briefly.""Filled with rich examples, this is anincisive, carefully analyzed exploration of the pioneeringpractices created at MRI's Brief Therapy Center."-Carlos E. Sluzki,clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California LosAngeles

Introduction. Underlying Assumptions. Severe Depression. Delusions and Paranoia. Anorexia. Alcoholism. Incapacitating Problems: Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior. Multiple Problems. I Can't Stop Mutilating Myself. Where Do We Go From Here. Suggested Readings.