Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution Focused Approach

Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution Focused Approach is both a set of procedures for the therapist and a philosophy- one that is shared with clients and one that guides the work of the therapist. This second edition continues its excellence in offering clinicians a guide to doing what works in brief therapy- for whom, and when and how to use it. Psychotherapy that follows these guidelines validates the client’s most important concerns - and it often turns out to be surprisingly brief. Author, Ellen Quick integrates strategic and solution focused therapy and includes guidelines for tailoring technique and interventions to client characteristics and preferences. With clinically rich examples throughout, this book offers applications for couples, including indications for individual or conjoint sessions.

Chapter summaries highlighting key pointsPresents ways of eliciting what clients most want to rememberDescribes the "Doing What Works Group," including outcome research findings and all materials needed to run the groupAddresses the relationship among the positive psychology movement and this approach and the potential for collaborationEmphasizes an acceptance-based stance and how acceptance commonly leads to changeProposes that "doing what works and changing what doesn't" can provide a transtheoretical perspective for therapists of any orientation

Introduction: Origins, Additional Perspectives, and the Model
Clarifying the Problem: "What's the Trouble?"
Amplifying the Solution: Variations on the Miracle Question
Evaluating Attempted Solutions: If It Doesn't Work, Do Something Different; Designing the Intervention: Validation, Compliment, Suggestion
You Can Take it With You: "What Do You Want to Remember?"
Therapist Decisions: Clarifying, Amplifying or Interrupting
Coping with Difficult Situations
Brief Therapy: Problems and Solutions in Managed Care
Medication and the Model
Problems and Solutions with Couples
"Doing What Works" Group Therapy
Doing What Works and Changing What Doesn't As a Transtheoretical Perspective; Case Examples and Excerpts from Single-Session, Brief, and Intermittent Therapy