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The book is the result of the combined efforts of many people. First, I acknowledge the contribution of my coauthors on several other books, William McInnis and Mark Peterson. They also both previously gave permission for me to borrow and adapt some of the homework exercises we had collaborated on in writing the Adolescent Psychotherapy Homework Planner. Several of the assignments in this book have been adapted to the adult focus group from their original creation for the adolescent client. Thank you, Bill and Mark.

I also thank Jim Finley and Brenda Lenz for giving their permission to me to adapt two of their assignments from their Addiction Treatment Homework Planner for placement in the Substance Use section of this book.

I am grateful to Tim Bruce, my invaluable coauthor on several Treatment Planner books, who has accepted my invitation to contribute some additional exercises for this sixth edition of the Adult Psychotherapy Homework Planner.

My support staff at John Wiley & Sons, including Darren LaLonde and Monica Rogers, continues to move the PracticePlanners^® project forward with enthusiasm and professional dedication. Thank you, all.

Finally, my personal support system is grounded in my wife, Judy, who makes me feel important even when I am not, and my children and grandchildren, who consistently show interest in my work. Thank you, family.

A. E. J.

In many models of therapy, therapeutic change arguably occurs more between sessions than within them, as clients act on what has been discussed. In this Planner, Art Jongsma and I have created a library of convenient exercises that allow therapists an array of homework options to help facilitate targeted therapeutic change. It's an honor to be invited by Art to contribute to this work, and I thank him for that generosity.

I read once that we shouldn't call it homework, because of the negative connotations associated with it. But clients know it's homework. And in recognition of that, I also acknowledge all of the clients that we ask to do these exercises. We ask a lot of our clients: to commit, trust, disclose, explore, challenge, change, and more. And we thank them for their willingness to try.

Lastly, and as always, I thank my wife, Lori, and children, Logan and Madeline. They have made home no work at all.

T. J. B.