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. "Fisch and Schlanger have done an admirable job of addressing thedifficult. They have done this with detailed description of casesand step-by-step explanations for dealing with the 'unchangeable'briefly." --Paul Watzlawick, emeritus clinical professor,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, StanfordUniversity

"Filled with rich examples, this is an incisive, carefully analyzedexploration of the pioneering practices created at MRI's BriefTherapy Center." --Carlos E. Sluzki, clinical professor ofpsychiatry, University of California Los Angeles

"No other book gives such detailed information for helping peoplewho are caught in hopeless situations. Brief Therapy withIntimidating Cases shows how to succeed with the tough cases eventhe best therapists usually give up on." --Lucy Gill, Bramson-GillAssociates

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. Fisch is the coauthor of the best-selling classic on brief therapy, Tactics of Change.

KARIN SCHLANGER, M.F.C.C, is the assistant director of the Brief Therapy Center, codirector of the Latino Brief Therapy Center at the Mental Research Institute, and adjunct professor of psychology at the University of San Francisco.

A proven technique applying brief therapy to difficult and challenging disorders

Brief Therapy with Intimidating Cases is a myth-shattering book that reveals how short-term therapy can be used as a powerful tool for treating clients who present a range of complex psychological disorders including severe depression, delusions and paranoia, anorexia, alcoholism, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and borderline personality disorder.

“Fisch and Schlanger have done an admirable job of addressing the difficult. They have done this with detailed description of cases and step-by-step explanations for dealing with the ‘unchangeable’ briefly.”
—PAUL WATZLAWICK, emeritus clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

“Filled with rich examples, this is an incisive, carefully analyzed exploration of the pioneering practices created at MRI’s Brief Therapy Center.”
—CARLOS E. SLUZKI, clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles

“No other book gives such detailed information for helping people who are caught in hopeless situations. Brief Therapy with Intimidating Cases shows how to succeed with the tough cases even the best therapists usually give up on.”
—LUCY GILL, Bramson-Gill Associates