短程心理治疗的发展与前景

Brief psychotherapy:development and prospects

短程心理治疗通常指有时间限制或治疗次数限制的心理治疗,目前“短程”更多指的是一种简明的理念,而非其他的限制。近40年来,短程心理治疗逐步走向心理治疗的主流舞台。本文回顾了短程心理治疗在国内外的发展历程,对其定义、有效性、核心内容、基本技术及未来趋势做了系统阐述。在快速发展的21世纪,我国庞大的人口基数、巨大的社会压力、快速城镇化进程等均对心理健康服务的效率、效果提出更高要求,短程心理治疗必将会迎来广阔的应用前景。

Brief psychotherapy is a type of psychotherapy with time or frequency limitations,which is now regarded as a concise concept.It has gradually moved to the mainstream of psychotherapy in the past 40 years.This paper reviews the development of brief psychotherapy at home and abroad,and systematically expounds its definition,effectiveness,core concept,basic technology,and future.In the rapidly developed 21st century,China’s huge population base,great social pressure and rapid urbanization lead to higher requirements for the efficiency and effect of mental health services,and brief psychotherapy will surely have broad application prospects.