Brief Therapy for Clients with Challenging or Unique Issues

Saul A. Singer, LMFT, LCADC, AADC, has worked for five decades as a behavioral health and addiction professional providing therapy, consultation, continuing education, college instruction, and clinical supervision in private practice and for community agencies and treatment programs.

1. A Little About My Early Influences: Student of the Peace Corps Generation 2. The Problem-Solving Process: We Often See Clients at Their Worst 3. Lessons Learned: The Bones of Client Centeredness and Client-Need Driven Process 4. Expectancy and Hope: Treatment Considerations and Outcomes 5. Building a Positive, Hopeful Start: You Are More Than Your Problems 6. Reluctant or Mandated Clients: Skills to Turn Visitors into Customers 7. Dire Straits: Heroic Clients Who Overcame Powerful Headwinds 8. Children of Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Structural Family Dynamics 9. Lacy and Grandma's Turkey: Family System Concepts 10. A Family from the Philippines: Every Family Has Their Own Unique Culture 11. Intensive Family Services: Families with Challenges and Few Resources 12. Marriage and Couples Therapy: A Higher Responsibility 13. Grief Work: Eliciting Solutions to Overcome Loss and Strengthen Resiliency Epilogue: Thanks to My Clients and Colleagues for a Rewarding Career!