Elliott Connie, MA, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor who has spent his entire counseling career working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He founded and oversees the Solution Focused Training Institute, which holds multiple training sessions on this approach, including an annual symposium, workshops, and business consultations. He maintains a full private practice with couples, children, and families. He is also a trainer for the University of Texas-Arlington Certificate Program in Solution-Focused Counseling.Linda Metcalf, MEd, PhD, LMFT, LPC, is currently a Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas where she created a COAMFTE accredited doctoral program in marriage and family therapy. She is past president of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and has been president of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy twice. She is the creator of the Solution Focused Schools Unlimited podcast and the free Solution Focused Connection webinar, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Contributors PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Overview of Solution-Focused TherapyElliott ConnieChapter 2: Solution-Focused Therapy: Its Applications and OpportunitiesLinda MetcalfChapter 3 - A Solution-Focused JourneyEve Lipchik Chapter 4 - Respectful Optimism and Satisfying SubtletyYvonne Dolan Chapter 5 - Working in the DarkChris Iveson Chapter 6 - The Three Hour "Aha" Moment Alison JohnsonChapter 7 - This is METracy ToddChapter 8 - Monty Python Focused Therapy Brian CadeChapter 9 - Acceptance, Transparency, Research: Because the Others Want to Know Cynthia FranklinChapter 10 - The Evidence Base of SFT Sara SmockChapter 11 - Learning With Enthusiasm Rayya Guhl Chapter 12 - My Encounter With the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Model Debbie Hogan Chapter 13 - Learning to Pay AttentionHarry KormanChapter 14 - Believing With a Curious Mind Linda Metcalf Chapter 15 - Trust Client Strengths Terese SteinerChapter 16 - A Journey Towards Solutions Alasdair MacdonaldChapter 17 - Using Possibilities to Remove the Box Elliott ConnieChapter 18 - Go Where the Clients Lead Thorana NelsonChapter 19 - Becoming a Solution-Focused Purist Ron WarnerChapter 20: ConclusionElliott Connie and Linda MetcalfAppendix - Recommended Reading ListIndex

Elliott Connie, MA, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor who has spent his entire counseling career working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He founded and oversees the Solution Focused Training Institute, which holds multiple training sessions on this approach, including an annual symposium, workshops, and business consultations. He maintains a full private practice with couples, children, and families. He is also a trainer for the University of Texas-Arlington Certificate Program in Solution-Focused Counseling.Linda Metcalf, MEd, PhD, LMFT, LPC, is currently a Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas where she created a COAMFTE accredited doctoral program in marriage and family therapy. She is past president of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and has been president of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy twice. She is the creator of the Solution Focused Schools Unlimited podcast and the free Solution Focused Connection webinar, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Contributors PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Overview of Solution-Focused TherapyElliott ConnieChapter 2: Solution-Focused Therapy: Its Applications and OpportunitiesLinda MetcalfChapter 3 - A Solution-Focused JourneyEve Lipchik Chapter 4 - Respectful Optimism and Satisfying SubtletyYvonne Dolan Chapter 5 - Working in the DarkChris Iveson Chapter 6 - The Three Hour "Aha" Moment Alison JohnsonChapter 7 - This is METracy ToddChapter 8 - Monty Python Focused Therapy Brian CadeChapter 9 - Acceptance, Transparency, Research: Because the Others Want to Know Cynthia FranklinChapter 10 - The Evidence Base of SFT Sara SmockChapter 11 - Learning With Enthusiasm Rayya Guhl Chapter 12 - My Encounter With the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Model Debbie Hogan Chapter 13 - Learning to Pay AttentionHarry KormanChapter 14 - Believing With a Curious Mind Linda Metcalf Chapter 15 - Trust Client Strengths Terese SteinerChapter 16 - A Journey Towards Solutions Alasdair MacdonaldChapter 17 - Using Possibilities to Remove the Box Elliott ConnieChapter 18 - Go Where the Clients Lead Thorana NelsonChapter 19 - Becoming a Solution-Focused Purist Ron WarnerChapter 20: ConclusionElliott Connie and Linda MetcalfAppendix - Recommended Reading ListIndex

Elliott Connie, MA, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor who has spent his entire counseling career working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He founded and oversees the Solution Focused Training Institute, which holds multiple training sessions on this approach, including an annual symposium, workshops, and business consultations. He maintains a full private practice with couples, children, and families. He is also a trainer for the University of Texas-Arlington Certificate Program in Solution-Focused Counseling.Linda Metcalf, MEd, PhD, LMFT, LPC, is currently a Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas where she created a COAMFTE accredited doctoral program in marriage and family therapy. She is past president of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and has been president of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy twice. She is the creator of the Solution Focused Schools Unlimited podcast and the free Solution Focused Connection webinar, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Contributors PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Overview of Solution-Focused TherapyElliott ConnieChapter 2: Solution-Focused Therapy: Its Applications and OpportunitiesLinda MetcalfChapter 3 - A Solution-Focused JourneyEve Lipchik Chapter 4 - Respectful Optimism and Satisfying SubtletyYvonne Dolan Chapter 5 - Working in the DarkChris Iveson Chapter 6 - The Three Hour "Aha" Moment Alison JohnsonChapter 7 - This is METracy ToddChapter 8 - Monty Python Focused Therapy Brian CadeChapter 9 - Acceptance, Transparency, Research: Because the Others Want to Know Cynthia FranklinChapter 10 - The Evidence Base of SFT Sara SmockChapter 11 - Learning With Enthusiasm Rayya Guhl Chapter 12 - My Encounter With the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Model Debbie Hogan Chapter 13 - Learning to Pay AttentionHarry KormanChapter 14 - Believing With a Curious Mind Linda Metcalf Chapter 15 - Trust Client Strengths Terese SteinerChapter 16 - A Journey Towards Solutions Alasdair MacdonaldChapter 17 - Using Possibilities to Remove the Box Elliott ConnieChapter 18 - Go Where the Clients Lead Thorana NelsonChapter 19 - Becoming a Solution-Focused Purist Ron WarnerChapter 20: ConclusionElliott Connie and Linda MetcalfAppendix - Recommended Reading ListIndex