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Brief Psychotherapy in Two-Plus-One Sessions with a Young Offender Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Andrew Day ,
Richard Maddicks  and
David McMahon
Andrew Day
Affiliation:
HMYOI and RC Glen Parva, Leicester
Richard Maddicks
Affiliation:
HMYOI and RC Glen Parva, Leicester
David McMahon
Affiliation:
HMYOI and RC Glen Parva, Leicester
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Abstract

This study represents an attempt to evaluate Barkham and Shapiro's (1988) two-plus-one model of brief psychotherapy with a young offender population as a way of significantly improving service delivery for clinical teams working in prisons. Brief cognitive-behavioural interventions were administered to young offenders referred for problems with depression, alcohol and anger whilst in custody. Significant treatment effects were found at the time of follow-up, suggesting that the interventions significantly accelerated improvement in these problem areas. It is suggested that the two-plus-one model is both an appropriate and effective model of service delivery in working with this client group.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 357 - 369
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1993

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