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In Search of Solutions: A New Direction in Psychotherapy Michele Weiner-Davis & William Hudson O’Hanlon SOFT COVER List Price $18.95 About the book: An exciting new trend—an emphasis on strengths and solutions rather than problems and pathology—is sweeping the field of psychotherapy. Here two clinicians acclaimed for the clarity and humor of their workshops trace the evolution of this approach, outline change-promoting assumptions, and then offer clear, concrete, and detailed guidelines to translate theory into practice. When therapy is solution-oriented, assessment techniques become deliberate interventions that often negate the need for treatment beyond the first session. Therapists “watch their language” and direct the conversation toward change, encouraging clients to look to the future with an eye to possibilities rather than problems. Clients learn how to “keep the ball rolling,” maintaining and applying the therapeutic changes. Therapy inevitably becomes brief and purposeful. Michele Weiner-Davis and William O’Hanlon illustrate the assumptions and strategies of solution-oriented therapy with numerous case vignettes and longer case studies. In showing the uses of language to discover, promote, and maintain change, they are not only precise and clear, but also humorous, metaphorical, and self-revealing. Readers who join Michele and Bill in their search for solutions will find themselves on a path leading toward greater competency and empowerment for both their clients and themselves. CLICK HERE to read the Introduction Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1 The Evolution of Psychotherapy: From Explanations and Problems to Solutions Chapter 2 Challenging Assumptions: Furnishing Premises for Solution-Oriented Therapy Chapter 3 The Uncertainty Principle in Therapy: Co-creating Solvable Problems Chapter 4 Watch Your Language: Having a Conversation for Change Chapter 5 The Session as Intervention: The Components of Solution-Oriented Interviewing Chapter 6 Prescriptions for Change: Altering the Doing and the Viewing of the Problem Chapter 7 Amplifying and Maintaining Change: Keeping the Ball Rolling Chapter 8 The Road Not Taken: Paths to Avoid in Therapy Chapter 9 Ready, Fire, Aim: Putting Solution-Oriented Therapy Into Practice Comments and reviews: This wonderful book is practical, light-hearted, easy to read, and full of clinical examples. Writing in the spirit of the emerging new co-constructivism in psychotherapy, the authors pull together and present a number of clear and simple methods by which therapists may help clients mobilize and develop their own resources to solve problems. -Karl Tomm, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Family Therapy Program, University of Calgary _______________ A treasure of practical and uplifting ideas on how to maximize the full range of resources that both clients and therapists bring to treatment. The authors’ analysis of the intricacies of asking questions in the therapy process is brilliant and explicates powerful techniques for clinicians to support family strengths. -Janine Roberts, Ed.D., Director, Family Therapy Specialty Area, University of Massachusetts at Amherst ^An exciting new trend—an emphasis on strengths and solutions rather than problems and pathology—is sweeping the field of psychotherapy. ^Michele Weiner-Davis and William O’Hanlon illustrate the assumptions and strategies of solution-oriented therapy with numerous case vignettes and longer case studies.