Typically an event or condition of recent origin that is impacting on biopsychosocial functioning at the individual, couple, family, group, or larger community level.
Vulnerability is also an opportunity for positive change.
Brief therapy is not necessarily crisis intervention. Bereavement counseling in response to prolonged depression as tertiary prevention. Objective is to promote mastery and avoid regression. Balance focus on goal-directed tasks with open, emphatic and responsive stance toward client . Use of planned follow-up 11.