| Description |
xiv, 271 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Becoming solution-focused : it starts with a question -- Assumptions of a solution-focused approach -- A positive start -- Well-defined goals -- pathways of constructing solutions -- The hypothetical solution frame -- The exceptions frame -- Positive feedback -- What do we do next? : "Every session is the first, every session is the last" -- Enhancing "agency" : facilitating what seems out of control as within control -- The interactional matrix -- "But I want them to be different" : when someone else is defined as the problem -- Cooperating -- Putting it all together : case examples -- Voluntary or involuntary : a basic distinction -- The involuntary client -- It ends with a working solution -- A final word. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-262) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Solution-focused therapy.
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Brief psychotherapy.
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Problem Solving.
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Psychotherapy, Brief -- methods.
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| Added Author |
Peller, Jane E.
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| ISBN |
0876306539: $29.95 (est.) |
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