Rates of recidivism for domestic 'batterers' following traditional treatment programs has lent urgency to finding alternative methods. This book describes a cutting-edge approach to treatment, 'solution-focused therapy', that focuses on holding offenders responsible for building solutions.
Therapy is frequently miscast as requiring an enormous amount of time and financial commitment, but helpful, goal-oriented therapy can produce positive results after only a few sessions.
Topics discussed in the Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy include: assumptions within the SFBT tradition history of the SFBT approach epistemology SFBT with couples depression domestic violence offenders public schools children and ...
Lee, M.Y., Greene, G.J., Uken, A., Sebold, J. and Rheinsheld, J. (1997) 'Solution-focused brief group treatment: a viable modality for domestic violence offenders?', Journal of Collaborative Therapies, IV: 10–17.
Building on prior research demonstrating that quality of the working alliance is a predictor of positive outcome with men who engage in IPV (Taft, Murphy, King, Musser & DeDeyn, 2003), results of this study indicate motivational ...
Temper Tamers in a Jar® - Helping Kids Cool Off and Manage Anger. https://www.freespirit.com/educational-games-posters-and-jars/temper-tamers-in-a-jarhelping-kids-cool-off-and-manage-anger/ Gray, P. (2013). Free to learn: Why unleashing ...
Frequently asked questions This book is an invaluable resource for all therapists and counsellors, whether in training or practice.
First-order-change attempts introduce no novelty into the client system and, thus, they are assimilated according to one's assumptions about the world, usually resulting in no change occurring (Dowd & Pace, 1989).
I thought I would have plenty of chances to hear Insoo Berg speak if I later decided SFT was the model that best suited me. Sadly, this was not to be. As my education went on, it became clear to me that SFT was indeed the model that was ...
Solution-focused brief therapy and the treatment of depression: A pilot study. Journal of Brief Therapy, 1(1), 33–49. Lee, M. Y., Sebold, J., & Uken, A. (2002). Brief solution-focused group treatment with domestic violence offenders: ...
Peter DeJong and Insoo Kim Berg's INTERVIEWING FOR SOLUTIONS features a proven, solutions-oriented approach to basic interviewing that views clients as competent, helps them to visualize the changes they want,...