Synopses & Reviews
In CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND BRIEF TREATMENT, Roberts builds an outstanding model of intervention, drawing upon the theoretical bodies that have aided in the emergence of various strategies of short-term intervention. Roberts' book places emphasis on crisis work, with numerous highly experienced practitioners applying his model to a range of situations, all of which are associated with high stress and acute crisis.
Table of Contents
PART I: OVERVIEW. 1. Converging Themes in Crisis Intervention, Task-Centered, and Brief Treatment Approaches, Barry R. Cournoyer. 2. Epidemiology and Definitions of Acute Crisis in American Society, Albert R. Roberts. PART II: ACUTE PSYCHOLOGICAL CRISIS, CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND BRIEF THERAPY APPLICATIONS. 3. Working in Hospital Emergency Departments: Guidelines for Crisis Intervention Workers, Rick A. Myer and Fred J. Hanna. 4. Crisis Assessment and Time-Limited Intervention with High-Risk Suicidal Youth, David A. Jobes and Alan L. Berman. 5. Assessment and Crisis Intervention with Adult Survivors of Incest, Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Cheryl Resnick. PART III: ACUTE SITUATIONAL CRISIS, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, AND BRIEF TREATMENT APPLICATIONS. 6. Coping with the Crisis of a Parentally Abducted Child: A Crisis Intervention and Brief Treatment Perspective, Geoffrey L. Greif. 7. Crisis Assessment and Intervention: Abused Women in the Shelter Setting, Sophia F. Dziegielewski and Cheryl Resnick. 8. Family Crisis Life Cycle and Bolts from the Blue: Assessment and Treatment, Elaine P. Congress. 9. An Integrative Dialectical-Pragmatic Approach to Time-Limited Treatment: Working with Unemployed Clients as a Case in Point, Gilbert J. Greene. 10. Crisis Assessment and Intervention with the Alcoholic Client: The Dilemma of Involuntariness, Kathryn G. Wambach.