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Selekman, a couple and family therapist, interweaves solution-oriented techniques with ideas from other therapeutic traditions to create effective strategies that draw on individual families' strengths. He demonstrates ways to help families gain new perspectives on longstanding behavior problems and construct realistic goals. This second edition features new chapters on therapeutic improvisation, and strategies for working with involuntary and stressed clients. It also includes a manual for conducting solution-oriented parenting papers. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This innovative, practical guide presents an effective brief therapy model for working with challenging adolescents and their families. It demonstrates powerful ways to help families gain new perspectives on longstanding problems and co-construct realistic, well-formulated goals, even when past treatment experiences have left them feeling demoralized. Solution-oriented techniques and strategies are augmented by ideas and findings from other therapeutic traditions, with a focus on engagement and relationship building. Illustrated with extensive clinical material, the book shows how to draw on each family's strengths to collaboratively bring about significant behavioral change.
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