Solutioning.: Solution-Focused Intervention

Solutioning Counseling and Consulting, Delta, CO. Offers a new strategy for therapists. Provides key methods to end blaming, encourage responsibil- ity, and empower clients. Includes case studies, treatment plans, and progress notes. Softcover.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(6)

Building Blocks

7

(32)

Timing Is Everything

7

(2)

Building Blocks of Belief

9

(17)

Building Blocks of Belief

24

(2)

Building Blocks of Language

26

(6)

Building Blocks of Language

29

(2)

My Own Personal Script

31

(1)

Building Blocks from Within

32

(3)

Building Blocks from Within

33

(1)

The 4-P Solutioning Process

34

(1)

An Overview of the 4-P Solutioning Process

35

(2)

Some Solutioning Questions for You

37

(2)

Ready, Set, Go: The First P---Purpose

39

(44)

Teaming

41

(3)

Externalizing the Opponent

44

(7)

Externalizing

48

(3)

Purposeful Thinking

51

(7)

Purposeful Thinking

54

(3)

Purpose Resume

57

(1)

Reconstructing the Problem

58

(21)

Describing

65

(5)

Time Traveling

70

(5)

Normalizing

75

(2)

Scaling

77

(1)

Purpose Checklist

78

(1)

Purpose: In Summary

79

(4)

Ready, Set, Go!

80

(3)

Getting There is Half The Fun: The Second P---Potentials

83

(44)

Potential Questions

83

(5)

Are You Ready?

87

(1)

A Mindset for Solutions

88

(1)

Hunting for Lost Treasure: Past Potential

89

(6)

Past Potential

90

(3)

Past Perspective, Future Possibilities

93

(2)

Strike While the Iron Is Hot: Present Potential

95

(1)

Present Potential

96

(1)

Use Your Imagination: Pretend Potential

96

(5)

Pretend Potential

100

(1)

Using It for All It's Worth

101

(6)

Use It for All It's Worth

103

(4)

Borrowing: People Potential

107

(17)

People Potential

111

(2)

The Assist

113

(6)

Intake---Solution Style

119

(5)

Potentials: In Summary

124

(3)

Combined Potentials

124

(3)

Just Do It! The Third P---Plan

127

(38)

Detecting: The Positive Plan

130

(8)

Detecting: The Positive Plan

137

(1)

Rehearsing: The Pretend Plan

138

(7)

Rehearsing: The Pretend Plan

144

(1)

Performing: The Plan

145

(7)

The Starting Five Criteria

151

(1)

So Long, Sabotage!

152

(3)

The Final Element

155

(2)

Adding People

155

(2)

Scaling Out a Plan

157

(4)

Scaling Out a Plan

158

(2)

Write It Down

160

(1)

Plans: In Summary

161

(4)

Solutioning Plans

162

(1)

The Plan

163

(2)

Forget Me Not: The Final P---Progress

165

(54)

Seeing Progress

166

(7)

Getting a Solutioned Response

170

(3)

Practicing Responsible Success

173

(12)

Making the Most Out of Progress

180

(2)

Making Progress

182

(3)

Take It and Run

185

(2)

Blast Off: Projecting Progress into the Future

185

(2)

Mixing in Reality

187

(1)

And the Survey Says...

188

(14)

Mix and Match

197

(5)

What's Next?

202

(12)

What's Next?

211

(3)

Progress Notes

214

(4)

Progress: In Summary

218

(1)

Solutioning Reality

219

(14)

Managing Reality

220

(2)

Diagnosing Reality

222

(3)

DSM-IV-Revised Solutioning Style

224

(1)

Testing Reality

225

(2)

Reality in Writing

227

(4)

Treatment Plan Solutioning Style

228

(3)

Solutioning Reality: In Summary

231

(2)

Adaptable, Usable, Doable

233

(42)

Families

233

(10)

Families Teaming Against Problems

238

(5)

Couples

243

(8)

Solution Mediation

247

(4)

Children

251

(10)

Create Your Own Future

257

(2)

Once Upon a Time...

259

(2)

Groups

261

(2)

Solutioning Group Program

263

(11)

Adaptable, Usable, Doable: In Summary

274

(1)

Sharing The Wealth

275

(38)

Helpful Hints and Enhancements

276

(2)

The 4-P Process of Solutioning: Curriculum Outline

278

(33)

The 4-P Process of Solutioning

281

(6)

Purpose

287

(5)

Reconstructing

292

(3)

Potentials

295

(4)

Plan

299

(4)

Perfecting the Plan

303

(3)

Progress

306

(3)

Celebrate!

309

(2)

In Conclusion

311

(2)

References

313

(8)

Index

321

(10)

About the Author

331

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