Beyond Technique in Solution-Focused Therapy: Working with Emotions and the Therapeutic Relationship

By Eve Lipchik

Book Overview

Solution-focused therapy is often misunderstood to be no more than the techniques it is famous for--pragmatic, future-oriented questions that encourage clients to reconceptualize their problems and build on their strengths. Yet when applied in a "one-size-fits-all" manner, these techniques may produce disappointing results and leave clinicians wondering where they have gone wrong. This volume adds a vital dimension to the SFT literature, providing a rich theoretical framework to facilitate nonformulaic clinical decision making. The focus is on how attention to emotional issues, traditionally not emphasized in brief, strengths-based interventions, can help "unstick" difficult situations and pave the way to successful solutions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609189914
• ISBN13: 9781609189914
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding!

Highly recommended! Lipchik has an understanding of Solution-Focused Therapy that soars above that of most contemporary writers. She somehow manages to rise above the minutiae of therapeutic "tricks" while avoiding the trap of getting herself and her readers lost in dense theoretical analyses. As a therapist, I keep this book within arms' length always, and consult it frequently. Amazingly, I never put the book down without having experienced some sort of epiphany -- sometimes small and sometimes of great importance. My only wish is that I had a dozen more books as helpful as this one. David L. Ransen, Ph.D. [...]

Good information!

Used this book as a supplemental text for a Solution Focused Brief Therapy class and I found it very useful.