The Miracle Method – A Radically New Approach to Problem Drinking - Hardcover

Miller, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393037401 ISBN 13: 9780393037401

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1995

Synopsis

This book presents a new approach to therapy with problem drinkers that focuses not on the past or the present but on the "future", not on problems but on "solutions". The authors ask readers to imagine that a miracle took place while they were asleep and their problem was instantly solved. What, ask the authors, would be the first thing the next morning that indicated that a miracle had taken place and their problem was solved? From that "first thing", the authors help readers to imagine a future when drinking is not a problem and to specify small, concrete, obtainable goals that will make that future a reality. The individual learns to recognize exceptions (times when drinking is not a problem), catch himself "doing things right", handle setbacks and revise the "miracle picture" when things are not working. "The Miracle Method" is a radically new approach to problem drinking.

About this title

About the Author:

Insoo Kim Berg, MSW, codeveloped Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and is Director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her most recent books are Children's Solution Work (with Therese Steiner) and Interviewing for Solutions (with Peter de Jonge). Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., practices solution-oriented therapy in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0393037401
• ISBN 13: 9780393037401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192