Brief Strategic Therapy is the most innovative confluence between the brief systemic-strategic therapy developed at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California, and the technical solutions created by Milton Erikson in the hypnosis-without-trance context.

Clinical research and practice on thousands of successfully treated cases, carried out over the last twenty years at the Centro di Terapia Strategica in Arezzo, directed by Prof Giorgio Nardone, and in affiliated clinics, have produced significant improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.

By following the knowing-through-changing principle, this continuous and rigorous research has resulted in the formulation of original protocols and advanced intervention models, for the treatment of specific clinical problems, such as:

» Anxiety and Phobias - Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety, Social Phobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Specific Phobias (of animals, objects, situations, etc.), Hypochondria

» Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD)

» Eating Disorders - Bulimia, Binge Eating, Anorexia, Vomiting Syndrome

» Depression - in all its forms

» Presumed Psychosis

» Paranoia

» Relational problems - in family, work and general relationship contexts

» Couple/Marital problems

» Sexual disorders - Erectile Disorders, Premature Ejaculation, Vaginismus and Dyspareunia, Desire related disorders

» Childhood and adolescence problems – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Provocative-Oppositional disorder, Elective Mutism, Avoidance, Anxiety, Phobias

» Internet related disorders – internet addiction disorder (IAD) including: information overloading, compulsive on-line shopping, on-line gambling, on-line trading, chat, cybersex