Full Description
This step-by-step training manual guides readers through the clinical practice of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for use with families.
This book presents SFBT to family psychologists and other therapists and health care professionals in related fields in an easy to learn format that provides specific clinical skills and case examples to enhance learning. It provides an overview of SFBT, a brief history of its origins, underlying theory and research, and session sequencing and tools for using the SFBT approach with families, and teaches the reader how to conduct an SFBT session from beginning to end.
Detailed procedures and case examples in this book illustrate practice with diverse clients in clinical and counseling settings, including the challenges therapists may face in working with families and how to avoid roadblocks in therapy. Readers will gain valuable insights and practical guidance in how to use this effective approach to therapeutic change.
Contents
Preface
Cynthia Franklin and Johnny S. Kim
Chapter 1. Introduction to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Cynthia Franklin, Matt Riley, and Johnny S. Kim
Chapter 2. SFBT Core Elements and the Process of Change
Cynthia Franklin, Katharine Sucher, and Johnny S. Kim
Chapter 3. Overview of SFBT Structure
Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 4. Assessment and Beginning the SFBT Family Session
Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 5. Goal Formulation and Preferred Future
Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 6. Concluding the Family Session and Conducting Follow-Up Sessions
Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 7. Working With Emotions in SFBT
Cynthia Franklin, Anao Zhang, Matt Riley, and Johnny S. Kim
Chapter 8. Solution-Focused Crisis Intervention With Youth and Families
Xiao Ding, Cynthia Franklin, and Johnny S. Kim
Chapter 9. SFBT Case Examples With Parents and Children in Clinical Settings
Sara Jordan, Johnny S. Kim, and Cynthia Franklin
Chapter 10. SFBT Case Examples in Youth and Family Services
Sara Jordan, Johnny S. Kim, and Cynthia Franklin
