When was the last time you read a book to improve your professional skills and had fun at the same time? This book is for people interested in the latest developments in brief, solution-oriented therapies, and for anyone who wants to improve their therapeutic skills without unnecessary toil. A Guide to Possibility Land is a terrific introduction to the territory. Possibility Therapy, originated by Bill O'Hanlon, is about acknowledging and validating clients felt experience and ideas about their lives while ensuring that possibilities for change are discovered and amplified. A Guide to Possibility Land outlines this compassionate approach to action-oriented therapy in a lively accessible text. Each method is defined, explained, and illustrated, all in a page or two. By the books end, the reader is empowered with a huge selection of strategies and an enlightening map of possibility land.
This 200-page volume presents a model of Appreciative Leadership based on twenty-eight interviews, fifteen of which are included in the book. This small but comprehensive sample reveals the outstanding characteristics of appreciative leaders and their predominant behavioural attributes. The ways appreciative leaders engage in their daily practices are outlined in detail. "This is a landmark book, " according to Jane Watkins, an originator of Appreciative Inquiry. "It is an invaluable contribution to the literature that addresses the critically important question: What kinds of leaders will shape the radically different organizations called... More info
Positive Psychology at Work brings the fields of positive psychology and appreciative inquiry together for the first time to provide leaders and change agents with a powerful new approach to achieving organizational excellence. The authors provide leaders and managers with an understanding of positive psychology theory and offers practical suggestions how it can be applied to enhance staff well-being, happiness in the workplace. The book reveals the most recent research and practice findings on such topics as positivity, flourishing organisations, flow, strengths, positive energy networks, transformational collaboration and authentic leadership. Chapter specifically... More info
In recent years, more and more people have been coming to therapy with the problem of the after-effects of sexual abuse. In this book two therapists outline the dissociation, disowning, and devaluing after-effects of sexual abuse; propose ways that survivors can come to terms with their experiences; and offer examples of solution-oriented therapy with individuals, groups, and couples. A sampling of topics: disrupting problem patterns and evoking solution patterns and contexts, continuity and transition rituals for healing, and innovative methods for stopping self-harm and intrusive flashbacks. More info
