Books by Richard Wells

In his debut collection, Seattle poet Richard Wells condenses a lifetime of experience into a warm embrace of friendship and spirit. From his Polish Catholic upbringing, through the turbulent and joyful awakenings of the 1960''s, and his latter day embrace of the "sweet science," Wells asks, "how do we rise above the heartbreak of being?" He answers with generosity and wonder, opening himself to the power of language to shape the world, and heal it as well. With a blend of prose and poems, Wells journeys to Mexico, India, and back to his home in the Pacific Northwest, where we "listen to the rain/Listen to the throat of thunder."

In this revised edition, the author maintains this focus on social work practice while integrating several new approaches. He includes a new chapter on marital and family intervention, which clinically illustrates the practice applications of such theories as One-Person Family Therapy and the Relationship Enhancement approach to marital therapy. He also incorporates the new advances in the treatment of anxiety and depression through a discussion of both cognitive therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy, and includes new sections dealing with very brief psychotherapy (one to two sessions). Planned Short-Term Treatment, Second Edition, will be both an invaluable text for social work students and a comprehensive guide for the social work practitioner and other mental health professionals.