Foreword - Scott D Miller
PART ONE: BASICS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE APPROACH
Establishing the Context
Guiding Principles of Practice
Engaging and Motivating Families
Becoming Child and Adolescent Centred
The Structure of a Strengths-Based Session
Constructive Understanding
Formulation and Diagnosis
PART TWO: SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Strength in Numbers
Parenting Groups
Groupwork with Children and Adolescents
Pausing at Solutions - John Sharry, Grainne Hampson and Mary
Fanning
Strengths-Based Video Feedback
Defeating Temper
A Case Study
PART THREE: SOME CHALLENGING CONTEXTS
Working with Suicidal Adolescents - John Sharry, Melissa Darmody
and Brendan Madden
Working with Child Abuse and Neglect - John Sharry and Declan
Coogan
John Sharry is Principal Social Worker in the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry at Mater Hospital, Dublin. He is also the author of Solution-Focused Groupwork (SAGE, 2001).
`This is a valuable book, worth attention in every child and family
service. My own agency has ordered a copy!′ - Robert Cumming,
Nurturing Potential `This book is highly recommended for
counsellors, social workers and students. It is also an excellent
resource for therapists who are interested in exploring alternative
approaches to intervention. The simple language and expression
makes the book a joy to read and the information easy to digest` -
Journal of Family Studies `John Sharry′s book is a jewel in the
solution focused literature. It is clearly and engagingly written,
draws on a host of ideas from different therapeutic approaches and
is packed with practical examples. There is no better book on
strengths-based therapy with children and adolescents. Every team
should have one′ - Chris Iveson, Brief Therapy Practice
"It took me a long time to read this book. It is just that I
found the pages so rich in ideas to engage clients and to focus on
possible solutions that I deeded to stop and reflect and
absorb what I had read. By his practical approach to the work,
illustrated throughout the text by an array of real case examples,
Sharry has produced a rich resource from which the reader can
consider the ideas, reflect upon them and integrate them into
his/her own practice. Taking a long time to read it is the only way
to do this properly."
*Steinkopff Springer Darmstadt*
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