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More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-focused Brief Therapy (Haworth Brief Therapy)
More Than Miracles The State of the Art of Solutionfocused Brief Therapy - Haworth Brief Therapy Author:INSOO KIM BERG The latest developments in this groundbreaking therapy approach! More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a groundbreaking book that reveals the latest new developments in this practical, evidence based approach. This definitive resource provides the most up to date "state-of-the-art" inf... more »ormation on the widely used solution-focused brief therapy approach (SFBTA). New developments include advances in relation to the field of family therapy and important information about the impact of language in therapeutic change. The book's unique design allows the reader to "listen in" on the lively discussions that took place as the authors watched therapy sessions. The solution-focused brief therapy approach is based upon researchers observing thousands of hours of psychotherapy sessions and studying which questions and responses were most effective in helping people develop solutions to their problems. More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is the most up-to-date, comprehensive review of this approach. This book discusses the latest developments in the fields of family therapy, brief therapy, and psychotherapy training and practice. A succinct overview orients the reader to the current state of SFBT, and provides three real life case transcripts to vividly illustrate the practical applications of SFBT techniques. The seminar format of More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy allows readers to: sit in on surprising psychotherapy sessions
eavesdrop on the authors' commentary about the sessions
get a comprehensive overview on the current state of SFBT
review and understand the major tenets of SFBT
learn specific interventions--including the "miracle question" and the reasons for asking it
understand treatment applicability
read actual session transcripts
understand the "miracle scale"
get insight on Wittgenstein's philosophy and SFBT
better understand SFBT and emotions
examines misconceptions about SFBT
and more More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is illuminating reading that is perfect for psychotherapists, counselors, human services personnel, health care workers, and teachers.« less