Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy

de Shazer, Steve

ISBN 10: 0393700542 / ISBN 13: 9780393700541

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1988

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0393700542I4N00

Synopsis:

Once therapist and client are focused on investigating solutions rather than problems, therapy inevitably becomes brief―sometimes only one session. Engaging cases, often with surprising twists, illustrate this practice-based theory of brief therapy with a wide range of complaints. Some of these, such as drug addiction or severe marital record, previously have been thought to be too "difficult" for brief therapy. however, as de Shazer shoes time and again, once therapist and client together discover "what works," obstacles in the pathway to solutions disappear. An innovation is de Shazer's computer analysis of therapy sessions, which provides a map for analyzing situations and finding solutions. Pieces of the computer program are highlighted with individual cases, enabling the reader to move easily from the map to the territory and back again. Both theoretically stimulating and clinically sound, de Shazer's investigations turns up clues with the potential to revolutionize the way psychotherapy is thought about and practiced.

About the Author: The late Steve de Shazer, founder and director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a psychotherapist, author of six renowned books, and developer and pioneer of solution-focused brief therapy.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket