Iveson - Solution focused brief therapy: 100 key points and techniques

Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach which enables people to make changes in their lives quickly and effectively. It covers:

• the history and background to solution focused practice
• the philosophical underpinnings of the approach
• techniques and practices
• specific applications to work with children and adolescents (including schools-based work), families and adults
• how to deal with difficult situations
• organizational applications, including supervision, coaching, and leadership
• frequently asked questions

This book is an invaluable resource for all therapists and counsellors, whether in training or practice. It will also be essential for any professional whose job it is to help people make changes in their lives, and will therefore be of interest to social workers, probation officers, psychiatric staff, doctors, and teachers, as well as those working in organizations as coaches and managers.

Harvey Ratner, Evan George, and Chris Iveson founded BRIEF in London in 1989 as an independent training, therapy, coaching and consultation agency for the development of solution focused brief therapy.

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Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
Harvey Ratner, Evan George and Chris Iveson

100 Key Points and Techniques

Harvey Ratner, Evan George, and Chris Iveson

First published 2012
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2012 Harvey Ratner, Evan George, and Chris Iveson

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Solution focused brief therapy : 100 key points and techniques /
Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson.

p. cm. (100 key points)

ISBN 978-0-415-60612-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-415-60613-4

(paperback) 1. Solution focused brief therapy. I. Ratner,
Harvey. II. George, Evan, 1951 III. Iveson, Chris.

RC489.S65S64 2012
616.89147 dc23

2011048157

ISBN: 978-0-415-60613-4 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-60612-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-11656-2 (ebk)

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