Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution Focused Approach

by Ellen K. Quick

Overview

Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution Focused Approach is both a set of procedures for the therapist and a philosophy– one that is shared with clients and one that guides the work of the therapist. This second edition continues its excellence in offering clinicians a guide to doing what works in brief therapy- for whom, and when and how to use it. Psychotherapy that follows these guidelines validates the client's most important concerns – and it often turns out to be surprisingly brief. Author, Ellen Quick integrates strategic and solution focused therapy and includes guidelines for tailoring technique and interventions to client characteristics and preferences. With clinically rich examples throughout, this book offers applications for couples, including indications for individual or conjoint sessions. - Chapter summaries highlighting key points - Presents ways of eliciting what clients most want to remember - Describes the "Doing What Works Group," including outcome research findings and all materials needed to run the group - Addresses the relationship among the positive psychology movement and this approach and the potential for collaboration - Emphasizes an acceptance-based stance and how acceptance commonly leads to change - Proposes that "doing what works and changing what doesn't" can provide a transtheoretical perspective for therapists of any orientation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080557328
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	03/11/2008
Series:	Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ellen K. Quick, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has practiced psychology for over twenty years, specializing in brief psychotherapy. Since 1981, Dr. Quick has worked at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Origins, Additional Perspectives, and the ModelClarifying the Problem: "What's the Trouble?"Amplifying the Solution: Variations on the Miracle QuestionEvaluating Attempted Solutions: If It Doesn't Work, Do Something Different; Designing the Intervention: Validation, Compliment, SuggestionYou Can Take it With You: "What Do You Want to Remember?"Therapist Decisions: Clarifying, Amplifying or InterruptingCoping with Difficult SituationsBrief Therapy: Problems and Solutions in Managed CareMedication and the ModelProblems and Solutions with Couples"Doing What Works" Group TherapyDoing What Works and Changing What Doesn't As a Transtheoretical Perspective; Case Examples and Excerpts from Single-Session, Brief, and Intermittent Therapy

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A clinicians guide to doing what works in brief therapy- for whom, and when and how to use it