Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques by Harvey Ratner (

Description: Solution Focused Brief Therapy by Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, which enables people to make changes in their lives quickly and effectively. It covers:The history and background to solution focused practiceThe philosophical underpinnings of the approachTechniques and practicesSpecific applications to work with children and adolescents, (including school-based work) families, and adultsHow to deal with difficult situationsOrganisational applications including supervision, coaching and leadership.Frequently asked questionsThis book is an invaluable resource for all therapists and counsellors, whether in training or practice. It will also be essential for any professional whose job it is to help people make changes in their lives, and will therefore be of interest to social workers, probation officers, psychiatric staff, doctors, and teachers, as well as those working in organisations as coaches and managers. Author Biography Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson Table of Contents 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 Cant. Constructive Histories. Pre-Meeting Change Part IV: Establishing A Contract. Finding Out the Clients Best Hopes From the Work. The Contract: A Joint Project. The Difference Between Outcome and Process. The Great Instead. When the Clients Hope is Beyond the Therapists Remit. When the Client Has Been Sent. Building a Contract With Young People. When the Client Says Dont Know. When the Clients 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 Clients Preferred Future. Preferred Futures: The Tomorrow Question. Distant Futures. Qualities of Well-Described Futures: The Clients 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 Clients 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. Alzheimers. 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. Isnt it Just a Positive Approach? Isnt it Just Papering Over the Cracks? It Doesnt Deal With Emotions. Isnt SFBT Just a Strengths-Based Approach? What Account Does it Take Of Culture? Isnt it Just a Form of Problem-Solving? Its a Formulaic Approach Can it be Used With Other Approaches? Self-Help SFBT. Review "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""Do what works" is a basic SFBT rule. Were Steve and Insoo still with us, I am sure they would be very happy to see what their "students" have produced. Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques is a clear exposition that embraces and builds on the original SFBT model. It also honors teachers, both de Shazer and Berg, and ultimately their clients, by applying de Shazers well- known Ockham s razor to explore and describe what is really essential for change to occur. To illustrate the principle: When someone once wrote the words "simplify, simplify, simplify" to describe SFBTs minimalistic approach, de Shazer famously scratched out two of the words! Along with de Shazers 1985 Keys and 1988 Clues and Bergs 1994 Family-Based Services, this book ranks at the top. As a place to start or as an elegant refresher, I enthusiastically recommend it!" - Michael F. Hoyt, Ph.D, Newsletter of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, 2012, p. 24 VOL. 32, NO. 3 The Milton "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 Review Quote "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 Details ISBN0415606136 Author Chris Iveson Short Title SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY Language English ISBN-10 0415606136 ISBN-13 9780415606134 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Series 100 Key Points Publication Date 2012-05-24 Affiliation founding member of BRIEF, London, UK Imprint Routledge Subtitle 100 Key Points and Techniques Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2012-05-24 AU Release Date 2012-05-24 NZ Release Date 2012-05-24 Pages 272 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternative 9780415606127 DEWEY 616.8914 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135845396;

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