Master Solution-Focused Therapy with This Comprehensive Illustrated Guide

As a mental health provider, are you looking to incorporate a strength-based treatment approach into your practice? Learning Solution-Focused Therapy: An Illustrated Guide is the perfect resource for you. This book bridges the gap between traditional problem-focused assessment and treatment, and the increasingly popular solution-focused approach.

A How-To Guide for Clinicians

This book is designed with the clinician in mind. The author’s objective is to provide a practical, step-by-step guide to mastering solution-focused therapy. With its case-based approach and informal, conversational writing style, you’ll learn how to:

• Conduct a solution-focused interview
• Establish a framework of strengths and resources
• Develop a yes-set
• Negotiate goals
• Amplify ambivalence
• Deal with crisis

A Comprehensive Resource for Mental Health Providers

This guide is perfect for psychiatrists, pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses, and other mental health providers who want to enhance their skills in solution-focused therapy. With its focus on building competency in this strength-based modality, you’ll be able to:

• Integrate solution-focused techniques into supervision and consultation
• Apply solution-focused techniques in psychopharmacotherapy and addiction therapy
• Use companion videos (available online) to illustrate key features of solution-focused therapy

Real-World Examples and Learning Exercises

The book includes vivid case illustrations that bring the dialogue of patient and therapist to life. Accompanied by detailed explanations and commentary in italics, you’ll learn how to practice this model of treatment in a real-world setting. Plus, learning exercises and case illustrations will help you implement practical strategies immediately with patients, students, supervisees, and trainees.

With its practical, engaging, and evidence-based approach, Learning Solution-Focused Therapy: An Illustrated Guide will enhance your ability to connect with and help your patients in a positive way.

Book Details:

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing

Publication Date: November 6, 2013

Language: English

ISBN: 9781585624522, 9781585629954