ABSTRACT
Therapy one of the elements that help to speed the process is the making of a contract. This is worked out jointly with the client and therapist. The contract includes three essential elements: the focus, the time scale, and the joint agreement about both of them. The number of sessions and spacing of sessions for the contract needs to be agreed with the client. This may take the form of a certain number of sessions or a period of time. When the therapist picks the client up on a deviation and brings them back to the focus, the client may actually feel relieved and begins to trust the therapist more. Many therapists new to the brief approach say how good it is to have ‘permission to get cracking and to move the session along’, which the tradition gives, since it feels natural to them.
