Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

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 Counseling and Testing Center at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. BARRY L. DUNCAN is in private practice in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

• Introduction 1 PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY1. Rethinking Our Assumptions: Thinking Anew, in a Postmodern World 9John L. Walter and Jane E. Peller2. Solution-Focused Therapy and the Postmodern: A Critical Analysis 27Barbara S. Held3. Crafting of Consciousness Through Form: Solution-Focused Therapy as a Spiritual Path 44Dvorah SimonPART TWO: APPLICATIONS OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY4. Solution-Focused Domestic Violence Views: Bridges Toward a New Reality in Couples Therapy 65Eve Lipchik and Anthony D. Kubicki5. Solution-Focused Work in the Hospital: A Continuum of Care Model for Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment 99Kay Vaugh, Bonnie Cox Young, Denise C. Webster, and Marshall R. Thomas6. Solution-Focused Supervision: The Coaxing of Expertise 128Frank N. Thomas7. Solution-Focused Therapy with Mandated Clients: Cooperating and the Uncooperative 152Susan Lee Tohn and Jordan A. Oshlag8. Solution-Focused Therapy in the School 184John J. Murphy9. Solution-Focused Hospital Diversion: Treatment of First Choice 205Judi Booker10. Solution-Focused Grief Therapy 228William R. Butler and Keith V. PowersPART THREE: RESEARCH ON SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY11. A Clinician's Guide to Research on Solution-Focused Therapy 251A. Jay McKeel12. Outcome Research on Treatment Conducted at the Brief Family Therapy Center, 1992-1993 272Peter DeJong and Larry E. Hopwood13. Research on the Process of Solution-Focused Therapy 229Mark Beyebach, Alberto Rodriguez Morejon, David L. Palenzuela, and Jose Luis Rodriquez-Arias14. What Works in Solution-Focused Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis of Client and Therapist Perceptions 225Linda Metcalf, Frank N. Thomas, Barry L. Duncan, Scott D. Miller, na Mark A. HubbleThe Editors 351The Contributors 353Name Index 359Subject Index 365