Solution-Focused Groupwork [Brief Therapies Series] / Edition 2

by John Sharry

Overview

Solution-Focused Groupwork, Second Edition is an innovative and highly practical guide for all professionals who use groups to help people. For those new to the approach it provides a clear, step-by-step introduction, while for more experienced practitioners it presents ideas and techniques which can be readily integrated into existing practice. In this fully updated revision, including a brand new chapter on Supervision, John Sharry examines the therapeutic factors that characterize solution- focused groupwork and contribute to its effectiveness. Using carefully selected case studies and examples, he takes the reader through the various stages in the therapeutic process, from getting started to the final session.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412929851
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/17/2007
Series:	Brief Therapies Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. John Sharry is a Child and Family Psychotherapist at the Mater Hospital Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. He is also the co-developer of the award winning Parents Plus Programmes ( video based parenting courses ) as well as the Working Things Out Programme (a multimedia therapeutic resource for young people overcoming mental health problems) which are used extensively in mental health services and schools throughout Ireland.

John is author of ten books including three professional psychotherapy books Solution Focused Groupwork, (Sage, 2001/ 2007), Becoming a Solution Detective (BT Press, 2001; Haworth 2003) and Counselling children adolescents and families (Sage, 2004). In addition, he has written over thirty articles and book chapters in the field of psychotherapy, technology and philosophy.

Further details of John's work are available at www.solutiontalk.ie

Table of Contents

PART I : BASICS AND BACKGROUND
Groupwork and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
The Principles of Solution-Focused Groupwork
The Dynamics of Solution-Focused Groups
PART II : THE LIFECYCLE OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED GROUPS
Designing a Solution-Focused Group
Engaging and Motivating Clients to Attend
The Stages of Solution-Focused Groupwork
PART III : MANAGING PROCESS - KEEPING GROUPS SOLUTION-FOCUSED
Evaluating Groups: Ensuring They Remain on Target
Managing 'Difficult' Groups
Creative Exercises to Enhance Group Process
Group Supervision
A Solution-Focused Reflecting Team Model

Editorial Reviews

Sharry, a practicing counsellor and social worker in Dublin, Ireland, has been persuaded by arguments that focusing on problems during therapy may be unhelpful and counter-productive to creating solutions to them. He combines that idea of solution-focused therapy with the process of groupwork, as a guide for professionals who use groups to help people. His focus is on practical application rather than the underlying social constructionist theory and philosophy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)