Solution-Focused Groupwork / 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:	9781412929844
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/17/2007
Series:	Brief Therapies Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Sharry is Principal Social Worker in the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry at Mater Hospital, Dublin. He is also the author of Solution-Focused Groupwork (SAGE, 2001).

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)