Doing something different: solution-focused brief therapy practices

"Doing Something Different is something delightfully different. For those who consider solution-focused therapy an over-simplistic therapy-by-number, it could be a revelation. Experienced practitioners, lots of them, working in a wide range of settings, demonstrate the high level of creativity the approach can inspire in therapists and in clients."--Brian Cade, MFT, co-author, A Brief Guide to Brief Therapy.

"Wide-ranging in scope and practical in application. This exciting book is a solution-focused treasure chest, chock-full of fresh, innovative ideas that therapists, trainers, supervisors, and managers will want to apply to their practice immediately. I highly recommend this book for those new to solution-focused brief therapy and experienced practitioners as well!"--Jim Duvall, Editor, Journal of Systemic Therapy; Director of Training, The Hincks-Deilcrest Institute, Toronto, Ontario.

Many books on solution-focused brief therapy provide histories, overviews, and uses of the approach. Doing Something Different does not do any of those things. Instead, it provides those interested in the solution-focused approach with a plethora of ideas for practice, training, and simply enjoying the solution-focused approach and its practice in therapy, consulting, coaching, and training. It contains a varied and rich array of interventions, training ideas, uses with different populations and approaches, and resources written by contributors who represent many countries and viewpoints, and who are well known in the training and practice of the solution-focused approach. Chapters are presented in simple language, as befits the solution-focused approach, and complement the many serious and whimsical sections of the book, which include practice and training ideas, favorite quotes and stories, "outrageous" moments in therapy, and a list of solution-focused songs. Anyone who enjoys the approach in any manner should find something that grabs the interest and tickles the senses and sensibilities. Readers will come away informed, thoughtful, and entertained. --Book Jacket.

The optimal zone scale / Coert Visser -- 7-eleven / Frank Thomas -- The solution focus : a universal tool / Carole Waskett -- Scaling agency with clients when they begin taking antidepressants / Frank Thomas -- Using scaling questions to assess couple readiness for therapy / Lee Shilts -- Solution-focused assessment / Clare Scott -- A convergent couple scale / Paul Hackett, Kevin Ball -- "Dis-ease" free : first session exercise / Kathryn C. Shafer -- A colourful solution-focused game / Tomasz Switek -- "Visitor," "complainant," "customer" revisited / Phillip B. Ziegler -- Appreciating what works in the national health service / Carole Waskett -- Sparkling moments / Evan George -- A single miracle / Mark Mitchell -- A clinical exercise : common ground / Heather Fiske -- Using scales with multiple goals / Coert Visser -- Focus on microprogression in solution-focused conflict resolution / G. Schlundt Bodien -- Reducing personnel turnover rate from 50 to 10% ; Opening for brief coaching sessions / Paolo Terni -- A solution-focused HR professional / Gwenda Schlundt Bodien -- Coaching for resilience / Liselotte Baeijaert, Anton Stellamans -- Strength-based school meetings / Jay Trenhail…