Bannink - 1001 solution-focused questions - handbook for solution-focused interviewin

This generous and appealing book offers a wide selection of well-constructed solution-focused questions, engaging training exercises, and creative therapeutic strategies that therapists at all levels of experience and expertise are sure to find useful.

Y VONNE D OLAN , MA,
Director of the Institute for Solution-focused Brief Therapy,
Past President of the Solution-focused Brief Therapy Association

As always, Fredrike Bannink writes with clarity, calling on her wide knowledge of the field as a trainer and a practitioner. Having worked in other cultures gives her an unusual ability to express complex ideas in clean, simple language. The concept of 1001 questions is original and has a lot to recommend it as a tool for both beginners and experienced practitioners. The book also addresses the relation between solution-focused therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. It provides advice on dealing with impasse and failure, both from the perspective of the therapist and of the client.

DR. A LASDAIR M ACDONALD ,
psychiatrist and international trainer

Bannink is an effective and practical communicator. She listens very carefully and attentively, and when she makes a move she is fast and asks questions that direct the minds involved to focus on what is useful for what is wanted. Easy to say, hard to do! This book is full of practical wisdom that she cultivated over the years of solution building experiences with people.

A OKI Y ASUTERU , P RESIDENT ,
Solution Focus Consulting Inc., Japan

This extremely useful book highlights key aspects of the solution-focused approach while providing fresh ideas for enhancing therapists creativity and effectiveness.

T ERRY T REPPER , P H D,
Professor of Psychology, Purdue University Calumet

Translated by Inge De Taeye

Copyright 2006 Pearson Assessment and Information
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Translation copyright 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company Inc.

Originally published in Dutch as OPLOSSINGSGERICHTE VRAGEN: Handboek oplossingsgerichte gespreksvoering

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bannink, Fredrike.

[Oplossingsgerichte vragen. English]

1001 solution-focused questions : handbook for solution-focused interviewing / Fredrike Bannink. Rev. 2nd ed.
p. cm. (A Norton professional book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-393-70634-5 (pbk.)

1. Behavioral assessment. 2. PsychologyMethodology. 3. Interviews. I. Title. II. Title: One thousand and one solution-focused questions. III. Title: One thousand one solution-focused questions. IV Title: Solution-focused questions.

BF176.5.B36 2010

158.39dc22

2010013104

ISBN: 978-0-393-70634-5 (pbk.)

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