Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

The definitive guide for succeeding in an era of managed care This state-of-the-art resource?a compilation of works from the nation's leading practitioners?offers mental health practitioners the tools for applying solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) techniques. Filled with the most current research information, illustrative case examples, and practical suggestions, it uses a framework that integrates the solution-focused model with the problem-focused approach, and offers specific guidance for applying methods across treatment settings. Proven to be effective across economic, gAnder, and racial lines, this guide will lead to an increased number of therapeutic options for success in an era of managed care.

Introduction 1 PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY 1. Rethinking Our Assumptions: Thinking Anew, in a Postmodern World 9 John L. Walter and Jane E. Peller 2. Solution-Focused Therapy and the Postmodern: A Critical Analysis 27 Barbara S. Held 3. Crafting of Consciousness Through Form: Solution-Focused Therapy as a Spiritual Path 44 Dvorah Simon PART TWO: APPLICATIONS OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY 4. Solution-Focused Domestic Violence Views: Bridges Toward a New Reality in Couples Therapy 65 Eve Lipchik and Anthony D. Kubicki 5. Solution-Focused Work in the Hospital: A Continuum of Care Model for Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment 99 Kay Vaugh, Bonnie Cox Young, Denise C. Webster, and Marshall R. Thomas 6. Solution-Focused Supervision: The Coaxing of Expertise 128 Frank N. Thomas 7. Solution-Focused Therapy with Mandated Clients: Cooperating and the Uncooperative 152 Susan Lee Tohn and Jordan A. Oshlag 8. Solution-Focused Therapy in the School 184 John J. Murphy 9. Solution-Focused Hospital Diversion: Treatment of First Choice 205 Judi Booker 10. Solution-Focused Grief Therapy 228 William R. Butler and Keith V. Powers PART THREE: RESEARCH ON SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY 11. A Clinician's Guide to Research on Solution-Focused Therapy 251 A. Jay McKeel 12. Outcome Research on Treatment Conducted at the Brief Family Therapy Center, 1992-1993 272 Peter DeJong and Larry E. Hopwood 13. Research on the Process of Solution-Focused Therapy 229 Mark Beyebach, Alberto Rodriguez Morejon, David L. Palenzuela, and Jose Luis Rodriquez-Arias 14. What Works in Solution-Focused Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis of Client and Therapist Perceptions 225 Linda Metcalf, Frank N. Thomas, Barry L. Duncan, Scott D. Miller, na Mark A. Hubble The Editors 351 The Contributors 353 Name Index 359 Subject Index 365