Chapter 1: Introduction

The general principles of brief therapy (timely, focused, goal-oriented, an active therapist, rapid therapeutic alliance) appear to fit well with a developmental approach to counseling young adults. A developmental approach is defined here as counseling that deals primarily with blocks to normal development. Brief counseling that is focused and timely can work very well in this context. By learning to negotiate a developmental crisis or challenge, a young person may be able to overcome blocks to normal development. Such blocks could lead to serious pathology later on if they are not successfully negotiated when they are first encountered as part of normal developmental challenges. For example, a 17-year-old male college student arrives at a residential college as a shy and rather anxious individual. The general developmental tasks creating difficulties for him appear related to interpersonal skills and perhaps the ability to form intimate relationships. He is unable to form satisfying associations in his freshman year and becomes more and more fearful of forming relationships and of asking women out for dates. Although beginning to feel quite badly about himself, if he is able to get counseling to help him learn the skills and develop the sense of efficacy necessary to develop effective relationships, he will be able to continue his development and realize that he can be a competent interpersonal and sexual being. This counseling might well be rather brief, perhaps focused on skill-building and anxiety-management, with augmentation through participation in an interpersonally oriented counseling group.

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