Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a counselling and consultation model developed in the 1980s by Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg and their colleagues at the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee. It shows how apparently chronic problems can be quickly and effectively solved using clients own aptitudes and strengths.
In this revised edition the authors give a concise description of the model and take stock of the changes in their thinking and practice over the last decade. There are case studies showing the effectiveness of a solution focus with children, families and individuals with problems as diverse as depression, child protection and bulimia. A further case chapter deals with work in a mixed comprehensive school in central London.
The book makes an invaluable contribution to practice within both the statutory and voluntary sectors and is of special interest to all those wishing to develop an effective, economical and client-centred approach to their work.
Integrates the most popular and most used counselling techniques into current teaching and practice This text provides a framework for the synthesis of postmodern theories of counselling. The cutting-edge Strength Centered Counseling model can be incorporated effectively with the more traditional models of counselling, resolving the ambiguity about how postmodernism fits into every day practice and results in more direct application of knowledge and skill sets for training in counsellor education. Authors Colin Ward and Teri Reuter offer a practical and straightforward resource that presents clients with opportunities to look at... 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
This book provides a concise introduction to and overview of the growing discipline and practice of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). If you are intrigued by the prospect of mobilizing rapid, positive change with multiple stakeholders in a human system that is important to you, this book is for you. More info
