Solution-Focused Stress Counselling / Edition 1

by Bill O'Connell

Overview

'A strength of the book is that the solution-focused therapy process was clearly identified in a step-by-step procedure, with many examples of specific dialogues and strategies that would be appropriate with a client.

Overall the book presented a coverage of the theoretical and application components of solution-focused counselling that would be valuable reference for health psychologist or allied-health professionals working in a stress-counselling role' - Journal of Family Studies

Solution-focused therapy is of growing interest to a wide range of professional not only because of the tight time limits within which so many have to work; counsellors are increasingly open to using a variety of approaches based on what is most helpful to their clients in their particular contexts. This book aims to help practitioners to extend their therapeutic repertoire of interventions by explaining clearly how solution-focused skills can help clients.

Written for a wide range of professionals - psychologists, counsellors, social workers, probation officers, and mental health workers - this solution-focussed therapy manual looks at organizational and work-related stress, and on developing solutions for groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826453129
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/23/2003
Series:	Stress Counselling Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bill is currently the Director of Training for Focus on Solutions, an independent training agency specialising in using the Solution-Focused approach. He has introduced many thousands of people to SFT through his lecturing and training courses.

His background is in social work, youth work, lecturing, counselling and management. Bill designed and led the first Masters degree in Solution-Focused Therapy offered by the University of Birmingham.

Bill is a Fellow and Senior Accredited Counsellor of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

He is the author of Solution-Focused Therapy (1998 / second edition 2005); Solution-Focused Stress Counselling (2001) and co-editor of The Handbook of Solution-Focused Therapy (2003). Bill has contributed numerous book chapters and journal articles on the Solution-Focused approach.

When he's not working he loves the company of his grandchildren, is a keen, but not very good golfer and a life long supporter of Glasgow Celtic.

Table of Contents

The Foundations of Solution-Focused Stress Counselling
A Solution-Focused Model of Stress
The Solution-Focused Process
First Steps
Second Steps
Integrative Solution-Focused Stress Counselling
Counselling Relationships under Stress
Organizational Stress
Appendix
Solution-Focused Resources