More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Haworth Brief Therapy)
by Steve De Shazer
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Written by pioneering experts in the field, More Than Miracles remains the authoritative text on solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). The final work of the world-renowned family therapists and original developers of SFBT, the late Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, this comprehensive resource informs practitioners and students in how to apply this practical, internationally acclaimed approach. With a new preface, this classic edition outlines the latest developments in the fields of show more family therapy, brief therapy, and psychotherapy training and practice. A succinct overview orients the reader to the current landscape of SFBT and provides three real-life case transcripts that illustrate the practical applications of SFBT techniques. The seminar format of the text allows readers to: sit in on surprising psychotherapy sessions eavesdrop on the authors' commentary about the sessions gain a comprehensive overview on the current state of SFBT review and understand the major tenets of SFBT learn specific interventions, including the miracle question and the reasons for asking it understand treatment applicability read actual session transcripts understand the "miracle scale" get insight into the unique relationship between Wittgenstein's philosophy and SFBT better understand SFBT and emotions examine misconceptions about SFBT and more Suitable for both advanced practitioners and ambitious beginners, this book is the ideal resource for anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the SFBT approach, the concepts that inform it, and the specific techniques that characterize its implementation. show lessTags
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First, on Goodreads, 2 stars means "It was OK" and 3 was "I liked it". This book was OK, hence the 2 stars.
Before I picked up this book, I thought, Solution Focused therapy might be my 'thing'. After reading this book (on solution focused therapy)...my thoughts have changed slightly. I am grateful for the chance to read about a theory and get to know it better, and especially thankful for the transcripts of sessions in this book (to be able to see how a SF counselor interacts with the client), but I don't think that this theory is 100% me.
Reasons I am FOR solution focused therapy:
Believes that clients have the solutions within themselves and the counselor is really there to just help client work it out. (Client autonomy!)
Still being show more unconditionally accepting of client.
But when I read the book, I didn't feel it clicked with me. The counselor talked SO much--bleh.
There might be another SF book out there to bring me back, but I'm going to explore other theories now... show less
Before I picked up this book, I thought, Solution Focused therapy might be my 'thing'. After reading this book (on solution focused therapy)...my thoughts have changed slightly. I am grateful for the chance to read about a theory and get to know it better, and especially thankful for the transcripts of sessions in this book (to be able to see how a SF counselor interacts with the client), but I don't think that this theory is 100% me.
Reasons I am FOR solution focused therapy:
Believes that clients have the solutions within themselves and the counselor is really there to just help client work it out. (Client autonomy!)
Still being show more unconditionally accepting of client.
But when I read the book, I didn't feel it clicked with me. The counselor talked SO much--bleh.
There might be another SF book out there to bring me back, but I'm going to explore other theories now... show less
First, on Goodreads, 2 stars means "It was OK" and 3 was "I liked it". This book was OK, hence the 2 stars.
Before I picked up this book, I thought, Solution Focused therapy might be my 'thing'. After reading this book (on solution focused therapy)...my thoughts have changed slightly. I am grateful for the chance to read about a theory and get to know it better, and especially thankful for the transcripts of sessions in this book (to be able to see how a SF counselor interacts with the client), but I don't think that this theory is 100% me.
Reasons I am FOR solution focused therapy:
Believes that clients have the solutions within themselves and the counselor is really there to just help client work it out. (Client autonomy!)
Still being show more unconditionally accepting of client.
But when I read the book, I didn't feel it clicked with me. The counselor talked SO much--bleh.
There might be another SF book out there to bring me back, but I'm going to explore other theories now... show less
Before I picked up this book, I thought, Solution Focused therapy might be my 'thing'. After reading this book (on solution focused therapy)...my thoughts have changed slightly. I am grateful for the chance to read about a theory and get to know it better, and especially thankful for the transcripts of sessions in this book (to be able to see how a SF counselor interacts with the client), but I don't think that this theory is 100% me.
Reasons I am FOR solution focused therapy:
Believes that clients have the solutions within themselves and the counselor is really there to just help client work it out. (Client autonomy!)
Still being show more unconditionally accepting of client.
But when I read the book, I didn't feel it clicked with me. The counselor talked SO much--bleh.
There might be another SF book out there to bring me back, but I'm going to explore other theories now... show less
More than Miracles ist das letzte Buch, das Steve de Shazer vor seinem Tod veröffentlich hat und stellt in großem Detail die lösungsfokussierte Methode dar, und das auf der Höhe der Zeit. Ironischerweise ist das Kapitel, das Steve selbst geschrieben hat, am wenigsten überzeugend und zu theoretisch, aber die anderen Beiträge sind sehr erhellend und verständlich.
Apr 17, 2014German
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