The definitive guide for succeeding in an era of managed care

This state-of-the-art resource – a compilation of works from the nation’s leading practitioners, offers mental health practitioners the tools for applying solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) techniques.

Filled with the most current research information, illustrative case examples, and practical suggestions, it uses a framework that integrates the solution-focused model with the problem-focused approach, and offers specific guidance for applying methods across treatment settings. Proven to be effective across economic, gender, and racial lines, this guide will lead to an increased number of therapeutic options for success in an era of managed care.

Contents:

• Introduction 1
• PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY
• 1. Rethinking Our Assumptions: Thinking Anew, in a Postmodern World
• 2. Solution-Focused Therapy and the Postmodern: A Critical
• 3. Crafting of Consciousness Through Form: Solution-Focused Therapy as a Spiritual Path
• PART TWO: APPLICATIONS OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY
• 4. Solution-Focused Domestic Violence Views: Bridges Toward a New Reality in Couples Therapy
• 5. Solution-Focused Work in the Hospital: A Continuum of Care Model for Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment
• 6. Solution-Focused Supervision: The Coaxing of Expertise
• 7. Solution-Focused Therapy with Mandated Clients: Cooperating and the
• 8. Solution-Focused Therapy in the School
• 9. Solution-Focused Hospital Diversion: Treatment of First Choice
• 10. Solution-Focused Grief Therapy
• PART THREE: RESEARCH ON SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY
• 11. A Clinician’s Guide to Research on Solution-Focused Therapy
• 12. Outcome Research on Treatment Conducted at the Brief Family Therapy Center
• 13. Research on the Process of Solution-Focused Therapy
• 14. What Works in Solution-Focused Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis of Client and Therapist Perceptions
• The Editors
• The Contributors
• Name Index
• Subject Index

Author Bio:

SCOTT D. MILLER is director of the Brief Therapy Training Consortium and vice president of Problems to Solutions, Inc.

MARK HUBBLE is director of Brief Therapy Clinic Counselling and Testing Center at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

BARRY L. DUNCAN is in private practice in Port St. Lucie, Florida.