Refocused psychotherapy as the first line intervention in behavioral health / Nicholas A. Cummings and Janet L. Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummings, Nicholas A., author.

Contributor:

Cummings, Janet L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Practice.

Psychotherapy.

Managed mental health care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Written by father-daughter psychologists Nick and Janet Cummings, this text provides proven patient-responsive interventions by practitioners who together have nearly a century of hands-on practice and innovation between them. Refocused Psychotherapy responds directly to the recent decline of psychotherapeutic practice, where medications have replaced psychosocial services as the dominant treatment modality, just as its precursor, Focused Psychotherapy, was written in the 1990s to aid psychotherapists in response to rapidly growing managed care. The case histories, treatment modalities, and standards found in this book center around the Biodyne Model, an evidence-based system with roots in Kaiser Permanente. It has been field-tested for over four decades with a national patient cohort of over 25 million and is the only behavioral healthcare system subjected to such extensive ongoing evidence testing. The authors demonstrate how the Biodyne Model advocates efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency--the standards psychotherapeutic intervention is held up to. They also teach readers how to treat their patients differently and to diagnose in accordance with effectiveness through their onion/garlic conceptualization. Readers will develop the skills necessary to demonstrate therapeutic results as well as cost-effectiveness through this innovative and revealing book"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction-How it Was: The Golden Age of Psychotherapy; 1 A Return to Psychopathology and Pathophysiology: Validity and Effectiveness; 2 Cause-and-effect Psychotherapy: Treating More than Just Symptoms; 3 The Biodyne Model of Refocused Psychotherapy; 4 Psychojudo: Staying One Step Ahead of the Patient's Resistance; 5 Incisive, Effective Intervention; 6 Onion/Garlic Psychodynamics: Onion that is Analyzable; 7 Onion/Garlic Psychodynamics: Garlic that is Analyzable; 8 Onion/Garlic Psychodynamics: Onion that is Non-analyzable

9 Onion/Garlic Psychodynamics: Garlic that is Non-analyzable10 Treating Suicidal Patients; 11 Co-located Integrated Behavioral/Primary Care: The Hallway Handoff; 12 Extreme Therapy; 13 Psychopharmacology for Behavioral Care Providers; Appendix I: The Nicholas A. Cummings Doctor of Behavioral Health Program; Appendix II: The Biodyne Research Model for Determining Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Efficiency; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-58604-5

9786613898494

0-203-10681-4

1-136-25965-1

9780203106815

OCLC:

809536838