Brief Therapy Books

New and Published Books

1. Solution Focused Brief Therapy

   100 Key Points and Techniques

   By Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson

   Series: 100 Key Points

   Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, which enables people to make changes in their lives quickly and effectively. It covers: The history and background to solution focused...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Brief Coaching

   A Solution Focused Approach

   By Chris Iveson, Evan George, Harvey Ratner

   Series: Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge

   Brief Coaching offers a new approach to coaching by considering how the client will know when they have reached their goal, and what they are already doing to get there. The coach aims to work towards the solution rather than working away from the problem, so that the client's problem is not...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
3. Animal-Assisted Brief Therapy, Second Edition

   A Solution-Focused Approach

   By Teri Pichot

   This book provides an overview of Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA) and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) and demonstrates how they can be incorporated into solution-focused treatment programs. Pichot, focusing on the use of therapy dogs, starts with a discussion of the basics of AAA/T and...

   Published November 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services

   "I Am More Than My Label"

   By Joel K. Simon, Thorana S. Nelson

   Valuable patient-centered ideas for treating mental illness Traditional forms of mental health care can often center more on simply avoiding hospitalization than on promoting wellness by focusing on a patient’s personal feelings and hopes. In fact, these established methods can even have a...

   Published October 29th 2007 by Routledge
5. Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

   Clinical Applications

   Edited by Thorana S Nelson, Frank N Thomas

   An invaluable guide to the history, descriptions of practice strategies, and applications of SFBT! The Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a unique, comprehensive guide that assists clinicians, regardless of experience level, in learning and applying the concepts of Solution-Focused Brief...

   Published October 1st 2007 by Routledge
6. More Than Miracles

   The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

   By Steve de Shazer, Yvonne Dolan

   The latest developments in this groundbreaking therapy approach! More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a ground breaking, intellectually provocative book, revealing new advances in the widely used, evidence based Solution-focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) approach...

   Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge
7. Animal-Assisted Brief Therapy

   A Solution-Focused Approach

   By Teri Pichot, Marc Coulter

   Learn to use a powerful tool in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy—a petAnimal Assisted Activities/Therapy (AAA/T) is an innovative intervention in which an animal becomes a crucial—and highly effective—part of the treatment process. Pet-Assisted Brief Therapy: A Solution-Focused Approach gives...

   Published January 8th 2007 by Routledge
8. Short-Term Couples Therapy

   The Imago Model in Action, 2nd Edition

   By Wade Luquet

   For more than a decade, Short-Term Couples Therapy: The Imago Model in Action has been used regularly by therapists interested in this effective and now well-known model of working with couples. Building on the precepts of the Imago Relationship Therapy Model, as introduced in the pioneering work...

   Published October 12th 2006 by Routledge
9. Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster

   Revised Edition

   By Diane Sullivan Everstine, Louis Everstine

   Strategic Interventions for People in Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster enables therapists to walk into difficult situations with a thorough understanding of interactional dynamics and a plan of action. With the stressful turbulence of our present culture, more and more clinicians are called upon to...

   Published August 14th 2006 by Routledge
10. Education and Training in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

    By Thorana S Nelson

    The one-of-a-kind book that provides training exercises illustrating solution-focused brief therapy!As we recognize our own problem behavior in our lives, most of us struggle for ways to change it. Solution-focused brief therapy is the highly effective practice that works by changing concentration...

    Published October 20th 2005 by Routledge