Solution-Focused Therapy
- Bill O'Connell - Focus on Solutions Limited, Birmingham
Brief Therapies series
Brief Therapy
This popular introduction takes you step-by-step through the counselling process, providing insight into how to structure and manage your therapeutic work in ways that are grounded in Solution-Focused principles.
This book includes:
- a detailed introduction to the theory and practice of 'brief' therapy
- a discussion of the foundations of SFT
- exercises to use with clients and/or trainees
- brand new case examples relating theory directly to practice
- an insightful reflection on the journey of the practitioner
From leading Solution-Focused expert Bill O'Connell, this book will not only provide practical guidelines and theoretical background for the beginner but support and inspiration for the more experienced.
Bill O'Connell is Director of Training for Focus on Solutions Limited in Birmingham. He was previously Head of the Counselling Department at Westhill College of Higher Education, Birmingham, and is co-editor of Handbook of Solution-Focused Therapy (SAGE, 2003).
'Solution-Focused Therapy is an excellent book, especially for existing counsellors wishing to expand their skills. O'Connell's description of SFT is clear, succinct and engaging. And, as always, he maintains an open door to other counselling models thus creating a boradly-based school in which many different ideas and practices can join together under one roof' -
Chris Iveson, Founder Member of the Brief Therapy Practice
'An excellent book! O'Connell's description of SFT is clear, succinct and engaging. As always, he maintains an open door to other counseling models, creating a broadly-based school in which many different ideas and practices can join together'
Chris Iveson, founder member of BRIEF, Europe's largest solution-focused brief therapy training organisation
'This book is well connected with the wider counselling and therapy literature. It will particularly appeal to those coming to SF therapy from a related field, making connections and links and reinforcing many lessons' -
Dr Mark McKergow, director of sfwork, SFCT Board member and editor of InterAction: The journal of Solution Focus in organisations
An excellent book with plenty of practical ideas about how to use this approach. I have used it in preparing for lectures, recommended it on reading lists and used some of the exercises in class.
A useful book which is helpful for trainee counselling psychologists to apply solution focused principles to their practice.
This is a key text for my SFBT module.
An excellent book on the topic of SFBT. Core to any course that examines this approach to therapy.
useful and detailed enough description of the approach. Would be useful as a key book for a solution focused course. However this was only one section of a broader course.
Provides a good introduction to the application of brief therapy, regardless of theoretical model.
This is an excellent book, with many practical examples so that students can make sense of the theory. It is easy to read and understand.
This is a great book for students and i always highly recommend it for its ease to dip in and out. It is useful for all areas of practice as the examples can be modified to suit any. Students coming for tutorials are familiar with the terminology as we are always enabling them to be 'solution focussed', therofere they relate well to the terminolgy used in the book. This updated version continues to be a useful 'keep on me' book.
Well structured and easy to follow for people with differing levels of knowledge of SFT.
