Implementing a time-limited treatment model: Issues and solutions.

Robbins, Steven B.; Zinni, V. Ruth

doi:10.1037/0735-7028.19.1.53

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“…One implication of these results is that value differences may be sources of potential resistance by therapists to learning and practicing brief psychotherapy. In a recent article, Robbins and Zinni (1988) presented an assessment model constructed to represent three facets of organizational readiness necessary to implement a time-limited treatment policy. Motivational factors, which include a shift in values to the relative merits of time-limited therapy, constituted the first facet of their assessment model.…”

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Differences in values between short-term and long-term therapists.

Bolter¹,

Levenson²,

Alvarez³

1990

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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We empirically examined Budman and Gurman's theoretical proposals concerning major differences in the value systems of long-vs. short-term therapists. Ss were 222 randomly selected licensed psychologists who indicated their preferred approach (short-term or long-term). Values were assessed with a scale designed for the study. Overall, results indicate that therapists who prefer a short-term approach are more likely to endorse the proposed values of the short-term therapist than are therapists who prefer a long-term approach. This finding held even after the authors controlled for the significant contributions of theoretical orientation and therapeutic practice variables. Specifically, short-term (vs. long-term) therapists believed more that psychological change could occur outside of therapy and that setting time limits would intensify the therapeutic work. Implications for the practice of brief therapy are discussed.As a result of complex social and economic issues currently facing the field of psychotherapy (e.g., limited mental health resources, emphasis on accountability, third-party payers), there is an increasing demand for therapists to use briefer therapeutic approaches. There have been significant advancements KAY BOLTER received her PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley, in 1987. This article is based on her doctoral dissertation, which she completed while training at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center in the Brief Psychotherapy Program under the direction of Hanna Levenson. She is currently Director of Training at the Tenderloin Community Mental Health Clinic in San Francisco, and she is also in private practice. HANNA LEVENSON, PhD, is Director of the Brief Psychotherapy Programs at the VA Medical Centers in Palo Alto and San Francisco. In addition, she teaches and supervises brief psychotherapy in the Departments of Psychiatry at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, where she is an Associate Clinical Professor. She also conducts workshops and training for professionals through her private practice.

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Differences in values between short-term and long-term therapists.

Bolter¹,

Levenson²,

Alvarez³

1990

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…Martin, Slemon, Hiebert, Halberg, and Cummings (1989) found that gaining greater counseling experience gradually equips seasoned practitioners with the cognitive skills needed for efficient theory-driven client appraisal and case formulation. By comparison, newer clinicians tend to experience ambiguity and confusion as they begin the development of client appraisal (Loganbill, Hardy, & Delworth, 1982) and feel less confident about diagnosis, assessment, and client conceptualization (Glidewell & Livert, 1992;Ladany, Marotta, & Muse-Burke, 2001;Robbins & Zinni, 1988). Correspondingly, some professionals remain unclear on how to conceptualize cases and use diagnostic skills because they experience "outsider" anxiety about "not knowing the language" (Schwitzer & Everett, 1997, p. 61) and counselor trainees are likely to delay diagnostic decision-making about their clients' concerns (Hill & Ridley, 2001).…”

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Clinical Supervision and Professional Development Using Clients from Literature, Popular Fiction, and Entertainment Media

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Cody

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Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

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“…In recent years there has been a virtual explosion of interest in brief therapy models (Budman, 1981). University counseling centers are moving toward time-limited-treatment policies, because of increasing demands from college students and because of the value of treatment models that incorporate a developmental perspective (Robbins & Zinni, 1988). Interestingly, much of the theoretical work on brief therapy approaches to treatment has come from psychoanalytic theorists frequently associated with university clinics.…”

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Role of contemporary psychoanalysis in counseling psychology.

Robbins¹

1989

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Examines the potential relevance of contemporary psychoanalysis to counseling theory, research, and practice. It is argued that contemporary psychoanalytic theorists increasingly emphasize (a) adaptive processes, or those features of the person that mediate the demands and pressures of both internal and external realities, and (b) social relations, or the influence of important others on developmental processes. To distinguish between theories of the person and the treatment hour, a number of emerging topics relevant to the counseling psychologist are highlighted. In regard to theories of the person, the process of psychological separation, adaptation across the life span, and cognitive processes are discussed. Within the treatment hour, the central role of relationship variables, the role of interpretation and stage processes within brief therapy models, and the need to match personality characteristics to intervention strategies are noted. Contemporary psychoanalytic thought will not hold a central position in counseling psychology until systematic research on psychoanalytic propositions is conducted.

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Implementing a time-limited treatment model: Issues and solutions.

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Differences in values between short-term and long-term therapists.

Differences in values between short-term and long-term therapists.

Clinical Supervision and Professional Development Using Clients from Literature, Popular Fiction, and Entertainment Media

Role of contemporary psychoanalysis in counseling psychology.

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