Doing what works in brief therapy : a strategic solution focused approach / Ellen K. Quick.

This book is both a set of procedures for the therapist and a philosophy one that is shared with clients and one that guides the work of the therapist. This second edition continues its excellence in offering clinicians a guide to doing what works in brief therapy- for whom, and when and how to use...

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Main Author: Quick, Ellen Kaufman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Practical resources for the mental health professional.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The model and its origins
  • Clarifying the problem : What's the trouble?
  • Amplifying the solution : variations on the miracle question
  • Evaluating attempted solutions : if it doesn't work, do something different
  • Designing the intervention : validation, compliment, suggestion
  • You can take it with you : What do you want to remember?
  • Therapist decisions : clarifying, amplifying, or interrupting
  • Practical considerations : using the model in behavioral health care
  • Couples : problems and solutions
  • Doing what works group therapy
  • Positive psychology and the strategic solution focused model
  • Acceptance and change and the model
  • Doing what works as a transtheoretical approach
  • Case examples : intermittent care
  • Excerpts : single-session therapy
  • Case examples and excerpts : brief therapy
  • Case example : crisis intervention
  • Case examples : doing what works with longstanding patterns.