Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson

Solution Focused Brief Therapy

100 Key Points and Techniques

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, enabling people to make changes in their lives in the shortest possible time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780415606127
• ISBN-10: 0415606128
• Artikelnr.: 30976497

Autorenporträt

Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Background. What is Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)? The
Origins of SFBT (1): Milton Erickson. Origins (2): Family Therapy and the
Brief Therapy Center at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto. Origins
(3): The Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) in Milwaukee and the Birth of a
New Approach. BFTC: The First Phase. BFTC: The Second Phase. SFBT Today.
Philosophical Underpinnings: Constructivism. Philosophical Underpinnings:
Wittgenstein, Language And Social Constructionism. Assumptions in SFBT. The
Client-Therapist Relationship. The Evidence that SFBT Works. How Brief is
Brief? Summary: The Structure of Solution Focused Sessions Part II:
Features Of Solution Focused Interviewing. Ideas About Therapeutic
Conversation. Choosing the Next Question. Acknowledgment and Possibility.
Compliments. Deciding Who to Meet With Part III: Getting Started.
Problem-Free Talk. Identifying Resources. Listening With a Constructive
Ear: What The Client Can Do, Not What They Can't. Constructive Histories.
Pre-Meeting Change Part IV: Establishing A Contract. Finding Out the
Client's Best Hopes From the Work. The 'Contract': A Joint Project. The
Difference Between Outcome and Process. The 'Great Instead'. When the
Client's Hope is Beyond the Therapist's Remit. When the Client Has Been
Sent. Building a Contract With Young People. When the Client Says "Don't
Know". When the Client's Hopes Appear To Be Unrealistic. What if There is a
Situation of Risk? When The Practitioner is a Gatekeeper to a Resource.
What if We Fail to Develop a Joint Project? Part V: The Client's Preferred
Future. Preferred Futures: The Tomorrow Question. Distant Futures.
Qualities of Well-Described Futures: The Client's Perspective. Qualities of
Well-Described Futures: Other Person Perspectives. Broadening and Detailing
Part VI: When Has it Already Happened? Instances of Success. Exceptions.
Instances of the Future Already Happening. Lists. No Instances, No
Exceptions Part VII: Measuring Progress: Using Scale Questions. Scale
Questions: The Evaluation of Progress. Designating The '0' on the Scale.
Different Scales. Successes in the Past. What is Good Enough? Moving Up the
Scale. Signs or Steps. What if the Client Says They are at '0'? When the
Client's Rating Seems Unrealistic Part VIII: Coping Questions: When Times
Are Tough. Handling Difficult Situations, Including Bereavement. Stopping
Things From Getting Worse. Part IX: Ending Sessions. Thinking Pause.
Acknowledgments and Appreciations. Making Suggestions. Making the Next
Appointment Part X: Conducting Follow Up Sessions. What Is Better?
Amplifying the Progress Made. Strategy Questions. Identity Questions. When
the Client Says Things Are the Same. When the Client Says Things Are Worse
Part XI: Ending the Work. Maintaining Progress. What if There is No
Progress? Part XII: Assessment and Safeguarding. Assessment. Safeguarding
Part XIII: Children, Families, Schools and Groupwork. Children.
Adolescents. Family Work. Scales in Family Work. Couples Work. in the
School. Schools: Individual Work. Schools: The WOWW Project. Groupwork
Part XIV: Work With Adults. Homelessness. Alzheimer's. Clients With
Learning Difficulties. Substance Misuse. Mental Health. Trauma and Abuse
Part XV Supervision, Coaching and Organisational Applications.
Supervision. Team Supervision. Coaching. Mentoring. Team Coaching.
Leadership Part XVI Frequently Asked Questions. Isn't it Just a Positive
Approach? Isn't it Just Papering Over the Cracks? It Doesn't Deal With
Emotions. Isn't SFBT Just a Strengths-Based Approach? What Account Does it
Take Of Culture? Isn't it Just a Form of Problem-Solving? It's a Formulaic
Approach Can it be Used With Other Approaches? Self-Help SFBT.

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Part I: Background. What is Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)? The Origins of SFBT (1): Milton Erickson. Origins (2): Family Therapy and the Brief Therapy Center at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto. Origins (3): The Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) in Milwaukee and the Birth of a New Approach. BFTC: The First Phase. BFTC: The Second Phase. SFBT Today. Philosophical Underpinnings: Constructivism. Philosophical Underpinnings: Wittgenstein, Language And Social Constructionism. Assumptions in SFBT. The Client-Therapist Relationship. The Evidence that SFBT Works. How Brief is Brief? Summary: The Structure of Solution Focused Sessions Part II: Features Of Solution Focused Interviewing. Ideas About Therapeutic Conversation. Choosing the Next Question. Acknowledgment and Possibility. Compliments. Deciding Who to Meet With Part III: Getting Started. Problem-Free Talk. Identifying Resources. Listening With a Constructive Ear: What The Client Can Do, Not What They Can't. Constructive Histories. Pre-Meeting Change Part IV: Establishing A Contract. Finding Out the Client's Best Hopes From the Work. The 'Contract': A Joint Project. The Difference Between Outcome and Process. The 'Great Instead'. When the Client's Hope is Beyond the Therapist's Remit. When the Client Has Been Sent. Building a Contract With Young People. When the Client Says "Don't Know". When the Client's Hopes Appear To Be Unrealistic. What if There is a Situation of Risk? When The Practitioner is a Gatekeeper to a Resource. What if We Fail to Develop a Joint Project? Part V: The Client's Preferred Future. Preferred Futures: The Tomorrow Question. Distant Futures. Qualities of Well-Described Futures: The Client's Perspective. Qualities of Well-Described Futures: Other Person Perspectives. Broadening and Detailing Part VI: When Has it Already Happened? Instances of Success. Exceptions. Instances of the Future Already Happening. Lists. No Instances, No Exceptions Part VII: Measuring Progress: Using Scale Questions. Scale Questions: The Evaluation of Progress. Designating The '0' on the Scale. Different Scales. Successes in the Past. What is Good Enough? Moving Up the Scale. Signs or Steps. What if the Client Says They are at '0'? When the Client's Rating Seems Unrealistic Part VIII: Coping Questions: When Times Are Tough. Handling Difficult Situations, Including Bereavement. Stopping Things From Getting Worse. Part IX: Ending Sessions. Thinking Pause. Acknowledgments and Appreciations. Making Suggestions. Making the Next Appointment Part X: Conducting Follow Up Sessions. What Is Better? Amplifying the Progress Made. Strategy Questions. Identity Questions. When the Client Says Things Are the Same. When the Client Says Things Are Worse Part XI: Ending the Work. Maintaining Progress. What if There is No Progress? Part XII: Assessment and Safeguarding. Assessment. Safeguarding Part XIII: Children, Families, Schools and Groupwork. Children. Adolescents. Family Work. Scales in Family Work. Couples Work. in the School. Schools: Individual Work. Schools: The WOWW Project. Groupwork Part XIV: Work With Adults. Homelessness. Alzheimer's. Clients With Learning Difficulties. Substance Misuse. Mental Health. Trauma and Abuse Part XV Supervision, Coaching and Organisational Applications. Supervision. Team Supervision. Coaching. Mentoring. Team Coaching. Leadership Part XVI Frequently Asked Questions. Isn't it Just a Positive Approach? Isn't it Just Papering Over the Cracks? It Doesn't Deal With Emotions. Isn't SFBT Just a Strengths-Based Approach? What Account Does it Take Of Culture? Isn't it Just a Form of Problem-Solving? It's a Formulaic Approach Can it be Used With Other Approaches? Self-Help SFBT.

Rezensionen

"This book is a small treasure... By using short, easy-to-read chapters, the book explains their approach and covers some difficult ground in an approachable style... written as it is by three mature practitioners who first met the approach when it was a "new kid on the block", provides systemic practitioners with an opportunity to look again at an approach which is still very much around, well supported by evidence, appreciated by clients and now, as the authors might agree, also at a stage of significant maturity. We recommend it." - John Wheeler and Alex Millham, Context, October 2012