1st Edition
Brief Coaching A Solution Focused Approach
Introduction. Basic Principles. Establishing the Contract. Preferred Futures. What is Already Working. Scales. Closing a Session. Second and Subsequent Sessions. Back to Work. The Manager Coach. Last Words. Appendix: Solution Focused Questions.
Biography
Chris Iveson, Evan George and Harvey Ratner are founding members of BRIEF, London, UK, an independent training, therapy and consultation agency in the practice of solution focused brief therapy
"This book offers the expertise of leading solution focused therapists for an audience that is interested in how to take a solution focused approach to their coaching work. When resources are tight, a BRIEF approach offers a well researched way of making the most from coaching interventions." - Carole Pemberton, Executive Coach and author of Coaching to Solutions
"What this book offers are some potentially fruitful ideas about conducting therapy, indeed the process of therapy itself. I also liked the emphasis on “client strengths, resources, competencies, capabilities and successes.” - James K. Luiselli, New England Psychologist
