Becoming solution-focused in brief therapy /

Becoming solution-focused in brief therapy / John L. Walter, Jane E. Peller.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walter, John L., 1945-
Other Authors:	Peller, Jane E.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Brunner/Mazel, [1992]
Subjects:	Solution-focused brief therapy.

Table of Contents:

Becoming solution-focused : it starts with a question
Assumptions of a solution-focused approach
A positive start
Well-defined goals
pathways of constructing solutions
The hypothetical solution frame
The exceptions frame
Positive feedback
What do we do next? : "Every session is the first, every session is the last"
Enhancing "agency" : facilitating what seems out of control as within control
The interactional matrix
"But I want them to be different" : when someone else is defined as the problem
Cooperating
Putting it all together : case examples
Voluntary or involuntary : a basic distinction
The involuntary client
It ends with a working solution
A final word.