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Bring about changes you want during and after the COVID-19 pandemic Authors: Ben Scott, A. Biba Rebolj and Greg Oberbeck Beyond Coping: Finding Your Way Forward is not a conventional self-help book. It is a tale of a normal person having a series of off-beat conversations with people they come across over a single day. These conversations… Continue reading Beyond Coping: Finding Your Way Forward

Anti-Bullying and Beyond Author: Sue Young Published: BT Press A powerful set of ground-breaking principles and strategies to transform the whole educational approach to dealing with bullying. Packed with real life examples of pivotal conversations providing a step by step road-map to positive change. Yasmin Ajmal:Young people are a woefully underused resource, with boundless energy and the… Continue reading Solution-Focused Schools

Authors: Bill O’Hanlon & Sandy Beadle Published: BT Press Topics: Brief Therapy Possibility Therapy offers a more action- and future-oriented approach; a way of encouraging both therapist and client to try out new ideas and new ways to experiment with what works for the client. Bill O’Hanlon is an exceptional workshop presenter. His presentations challenge and inspire.… Continue reading A Field Guide to PossibilityLand

A Guide to Brief Therapy Authors: Melissa Darmody, Brendan Madden and John Sharry Published: January 2002 Topics: Brief Therapy Encouraging the reader to become a ‘solution-detective’ and to look for ‘clues’ to success in their own practice, this is a practical and accessible guide for therapists, counsellors and other professionals interested in making their practice solution focused… Continue reading Becoming a Solution Detective

Authors: Frederike Jacob Published: BT Press Topics: Brief Therapy People trying to overcome eating disorders are often referred to as resistant and manipulative, or even labelled “hopeless cases”. Therapists regularly report that working with these clients makes them feel drained or “stuck”. In this book, Frederike Jacob sets out to explode the myth that eating disorders are… Continue reading Solution Focused Recovery from Eating Distress

Creative Applications of Solution Focused Brief Thinking with Young People and Adults Editors: Yasmin Ajmal & Ioan Rees Published: BT Press Topics: Brief Therapy From the introduction by Michael Durrant:Solutions in Schools illustrates the variety of applications of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy within school settings. The results of putting aside our diagnostic frameworks, our normative views of behaviour and… Continue reading Solutions in Schools

Living Well is the Best Revenge Authors: Yvonne Dolan Published: BT Press Topics: Brief Therapy For all those survivors who wonder when they will finally ‘feel good,’ the answer is now. Beyond Survival reminds us that living well is the best revenge and provides the knowledge and tools to fully embrace life. Readers of this book will find help… Continue reading Beyond Survival

Authors: Trish Mylan & Jane Lethem Published: BT Press Topics: Brief Therapy Inadequate parenting, maladjustment, family breakdown, victimhood, vulnerability… This is only part of the picture when children need protection. If you are a Social Worker, Team Leader or Manager seeking the bigger picture when working with children at risk, this book will help you complement your… Continue reading Searching for Strengths in Child Protection Assessment

Authors: John Rhodes and Yasmin Ajmal Published: BT Press Topics: Brief Therapy How can we find ‘Brief’ solutions to problems like classroom disruption in schools? How are frustrated teachers to be helped toward a better future with difficult pupils? This book suggests some simple ideas and strategies for finding solutions that work in the context of school.… Continue reading Solution Focused Thinking In Schools