Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Its Effective Use in Agency Settings

by Pichot; Teri

• ISBN13: 9780789015549
• ISBN10: 0789015544
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This essential book chronicles the lessons learned when a substance abuse counseling program switches its theoretical orientation from problem-focused to solution-focused. It details the technical aspects of the changeover (theory, techniques, interventions, politics, and team design) as well as the personal struggles the team endured and the successes they enjoyed. In addition, it demonstrates how solution-focused therapy can be applied to both clinical and administrative work, while addressing questions and concerns, providing general information, and helping to understand the subtleties and idiosyncrasies of solution-focused brief therapy. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Why Change an Entire Agency's Focus to Solution-Focused Therapy?	p. 1
What to Expect from This Book	p. 6
The Solution-Focused Basics	p. 9
Solution-Focused Therapy Basics	p. 9
The Miracle Question	p. 14
Exception Questions	p. 15
A Brief History of Scaling	p. 18
Scaling Questions	p. 19
Difference Questions	p. 22
Relationship Questions	p. 24
Compliments As Interventions	p. 26
The Rewards of Becoming Solution Focused	p. 27
Summary	p. 28
Individual Session Road Map	p. 29
Chips on Their Shoulders	p. 29
Individual Session Map	p. 30
Summary	p. 43
Solution-Focused Groups	p. 45
The Effects of Clients' Past Problem-Oriented Group Experiences	p. 45
Group Session Map	p. 48
The Importance of Cotherapy in Groups	p. 73
Summary	p. 74
Many Miracles: Adaptations and Applications of the Miracle Question	p. 75
Beware of the Perils of Problem Solving	p. 75
Principles Behind the Miracle Question	p. 77
Applying the Miracle Question Elements	p. 81
Summary	p. 89
Sustaining the Miracle	p. 91
Changing the Focus	p. 92
Emergency Roadside Repair Kit	p. 93
Relapse Prevention with Reluctant Clients	p. 96
When to Use the Emergency Roadside Repair Kit	p. 99
Summary	p. 103
"This Is Stupid, I Don't Need This, and I Don't Want to Be Here": Working with Adolescents	p. 105
The Paradoxical Population	p. 106
Challenging Our Old Assumptions About Adolescents	p. 108
Limit Setting and the Solution-Focused Approach	p. 111
Relational Questions with Adolescents	p. 116
Relational Questions As a Way to Work with Families	p. 119
Scaling and Therapeutic Analogies to Kindle Hope	p. 123
Working with Younger Children	p. 124
Summary	p. 127
The Art of Speaking "French": Interagency Diplomacy	p. 129
Working with Other Professionals	p. 130
Solution-Focused Case Management	p. 135
Identifying Evidence of a Client's Potential for Success	p. 138
Solution-Focused Treatment Plans	p. 142
Termination	p. 146
How Client Charts Can Be Helpful to Solution-Focused Therapists	p. 150
Viewing Governing Agencies As Clients	p. 151
Summary	p. 156
Solution-Focused Supervision: Leading from One Step Behind	p. 159
Why Do Solution-Focused Supervision?	p. 159
Adapting Solution-Focused Skills to a Supervisory Context	p. 160
The Practical Structure of Solution-Focused Supervision	p. 165
Principles for Initiating Solution-Focused Supervision in an Established Agency	p. 169
Getting Staff to Stay	p. 177
Summary	p. 178
Maintaining the Team's Miracle: Observations from Our Solution-Focused Team	p. 181
The Impact of Our Supervision	p. 182
Team Norms	p. 185
Maintaining the Team Miracle	p. 189
Summary	p. 194
Case Examples of Clients Who Changed Their Lives and Our Way of Working	p. 197
A Case of Quiet Rebellion	p. 197
Jim	p. 199
Tracy	p. 201
Julie	p. 203
Connie	p. 206
Kerry	p. 208
Elaine	p. 211
Summary	p. 213
Epilogue: The Parable of the Nomads	p. 215
Reflections from Our Solution-Focused Treatment Team	p. 221
Notes	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 231
Index	p. 237
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