What is Brief Therapy ?
Brief therapy is a type of psychotherapy that utilizes ones strengths and resources to help them effectively identify and resolve situations. Brief therapists help clients set measurable goals without limiting the amount of sessions or time spent on particular issues. Often times “homework” is given so the clients use their vast strengths to resolve issues outside of counseling while fine tuning those skills learned in counseling sessions. Working in this way allows therapy to be more effective and efficient for clients.
Brief therapy is short-term and focused on helping a person to resolve or effectively manage a specific problem or challenge, or to make a desired change. The sessions are more geared towards here-and-now aspects of the problem than on exploration of historical material. Goal setting is the hallmark of this approach, and the therapist is more active in sessions than is typically the case in traditional psychotherapy.
