Tactics of Change

RICHARD FISCH, is director of the Brief Therapy Center in Palo Alto, California, which he cofounded in 1966. He is also a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute and a clinical associate professor emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

• 1. Practice--and Theory. 2. Therapist Maneuverability. 3. Setting the Stage for Treatment. 4. The Initial Interview. 5. Patient Position. 6. Case Planning. 7. Interventions. 8. Termination of Treatment. 9. Case Study: The Aversive Adolescent. 10. Case Study: The Anxious Violinist. 11. Case Study: The Stroke Victim's Family. 12. Psychotherapy--And Beyond.