ABSTRACT
I have reprinted the responses of all of the patients available by mail who were described in the case reports of this book, and who wanted to reply with their own points of view. My letter to each of them ran as follows:
Dear —:
I enclose my draft of a description of our work together for my forthcoming book, Very Brief Psychotherapy, to be published by Brunner-Routledge in the spring of 2005. Please correct any errors and supply any improvements with a red pen and make any suggestions for further disguise of your identity if needed. If this is satisfactory as is, or with your suggestions in red, please sign and date this letter below. I would also like you to write a few paragraphs on your own point of view of this work if it differs from or augments the text as written. I will include your addition in a chapter titled “Follow-Up Judgments by Patients Described in the Text.”
I hope this finds you very well, and I look forward to your reply as early in September as possible.
Yours sincerely,
James P. Gustafson, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
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Signature of Patient Date
Enclosure: Your Case Description
