Brief Counseling That Works

Höfundur: Gerald B. Sklare (Útgáfa: 3)
Brief Counseling That Works

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Everything you need for maximum counseling results in less time! Expert Gerald Sklare is back with a breakthrough approach to effective counseling. Get fresh insights and new applications for solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC). Revised and expanded chapters help you: • Conduct brief, short-term sessions that lead to rapid, observable change • Create well-defined client goals • Enable clients to envision and take steps toward a more hopeful future • Maximize your time for rapid, observable student progress • Use the solution-focused principles with reluctant clients  • Conduct positive, goal-oriented parent conferences  • Work with individuals in school and community settings You’ll find a brand new chapter on abbreviated SFBC sessions, updated case studies and research, helpful flow charts and note sheets, and invaluable practice exercises.

This "how-to" book gives you everything you need to implement this powerful, innovative counseling approach. "Simple yet spectacular, my students and I LOVE Brief Counseling that Works! It presents a user-friendly, time-efficient, and very effective approach to counseling school-aged youth (and adults)!" —Bradley T. Erford, Professor Past President of the American Counseling Association Loyola University of Maryland.

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Útgefandi
SAGE Publications, Inc. (US)
ISBN
9781483353630
Print ISBN
9781483332338
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
3
Höfundar
Gerald B. Sklare
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2014-06-11
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
10
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Preface
  • Overview of the Contents
  • What’s New in This Edition
  • Who Can Benefit From This Book
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Counseling in Schools and Other Settings: Problems and Solutions
  • Origins of Solution-Focused Brief Counseling
  • Differences and Similarities
  • Effectiveness
  • Core “Rules”
  • Solution-Focused Assumptions
  • Additional Guiding Concepts
  • Summary
  • Practice Exercise
  • 2. Setting Goals
  • Opening the First Meeting: Establishing Rapport and Explaining the Process
  • Developing a Positive Goal
  • The Miracle Question
  • “What Else” Questions
  • Establishing Well-Developed Goals: An Overview
  • Summary
  • Practice Exercises
  • 3. Discovering and Constructing Solutions
  • Discovering Unrecognized Solutions: Instances of Success
  • Empowering Clients Through Recognition of Their Resources
  • Scaling a Baseline and Progress
  • Flagging the Minefield: Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles
  • Concluding the Initial Session With a Message
  • Summary
  • Practice Exercise
  • 4. Connecting the Pieces
  • Components of the First Session
  • Case Study From a Mental Health Setting: Session
  • Case Study Transcript From a School Setting: Session 1 With Pedro
  • Summary
  • Practice Exercises
  • 5. Abbreviated SFBC Session
  • Explaining the Process
  • Determining What the Client Wants to Achieve
  • Using Scaling to Determine Clients’ Views of Their Present Situation
  • What’s the Highest Number the Client Has Ever Been?
  • Writing the Message
  • A Case of an Abbreviated SFBC Session
  • Summary
  • 6. Conducting Subsequent Sessions
  • Subsequent Sessions: Getting Started
  • Components of Second and Subsequent Sessions
  • Assessing Whether Further Counseling Is Needed
  • Writing the Message
  • Tools for Second and Subsequent Sessions: Flow Chart and Note Sheet
  • Subsequent Session From a Mental Health Setting
  • Subsequent Sessions With Pedro From a School Setting
  • Summary
  • 7. Working With Reluctant Clients and Challenging Situations
  • Helping Involuntary Clients Become Customers for Counseling
  • SFBC With Students Mandated for Counseling in Lieu of Disciplinary Action
  • Turning Difficult Situations Into Workable Goals
  • Summary
  • 8. Expanded Applications of Solution-Focused Concepts
  • 10-Second “Counseling”
  • Solution-Focused Counseling Referral Form
  • Using Puppets in SFBC
  • Using Sand Trays in SFBC
  • Solution-Focused Group Counseling
  • Classroom Counseling Using SFBC Methods
  • Solution-Focused Parent–Teacher Conferences
  • Solution-Focused Guided Imagery
  • Summary
  • Final Thoughts
  • Appendix A: Practice Detailing a Nonspecific Goal
  • Appendix B: Counseling Session With Kasey: A Practice Exercise
  • Appendix C: Solution-Focused Guided Imagery
  • References
  • Index