Solution-Focused Practice
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This textbook shows how any conversation directed towards change can become a solution-focused one, whether in a planned series of sessions with individuals, families, groups, or in the less structured contexts in which many helping professionals work.
Full of real-life case examples and stimulating activities, this will be an invaluable guide to anyone wanting to develop their skills in this empowering approach. This textbook is a comprehensive and accessible guide for anyone who wishes to incorporate solution-focused practice.
Originating in the world of talking therapies, the adaptability and usability of solution-focused practice is already used by many practitioners in health, social care and educational settings.
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Guy is undoubtedly THE leading figure, internationally, in the "next generation" of solution-focused practitioners and authors. He presents the solution-focused approach systematically in a way that is true to history but which offers his own insights and reflections and is thoroughly accessible and useful. * Michael Durrant, Psychologist/Director, Brief Therapy Institute of Sydney, Australia * This book is a lovely balance of the complexity and the simplicity with which solution-focused thought occurs and can be applied. Guy is able to dive both in to the depth of the solution-focused philosophy, while demonstrating how it can be used practically.The book paints a navigable bridge from "the thinking" to "the doing" in the field of solution-focused theory and practice. * Monica Rotner, Division Manager, Boulder County Community Justice Services, Colorado, USA *More details
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1. Introduction.- 2. The Solution-Focused Process.- 3. Contracting.- 4. Description I: The Preferred Future.- 5. Description II: Instances.- 6. Bridging the Preferred Future and Its Instances: Scaling Questions.- 7. Acknowledgement and Possibility: Coping Questions and More.- 8. Putting It All Together.- 8. Applications and Adaptations.- 10. Becoming a Solution-Focused Practitioner.