Crisis Intervention and Task-Centred Models

Abstract

Please note that this material is for use ONLY by students registered on the course of study as stated in the section below. All other staff and students are only entitled to browse the material and should not download and/or print out a copy. What this chapter is about Crisis intervention and task-centred practice are two different theories that were historically developments of, respectively, ego psychology and problem-solving casework. They are thus in the individualist-reformist tradition, with little focus on social change. Initially, their development reflected a need to provide brief methods of intervention, since psychodynamic work emphasised open-ended and sometimes prolonged work with people. Both models developed using cognitive-behavioural methods, and so they form a link with the theories considered in the next chapter. Although they are theoretically separate, they are presented together here to offer a comparison between two well-established brief practice models. You can use the approach of one to point up the different features of the other. MAIN POINTS