Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services: "I Am More Than My Label"

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ISBN: 9780789027948 | 0789027941
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/14/2007

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Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services is a practical introduction and guide that provides practitioners an alternative way of thinking about and working with individuals who have been long-term users of the mental health system. Book jacket.

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Tools of Solution-Focused Brief Practice	p. 7
Stance	p. 7
Assumptions and Concepts	p. 9
Practices	p. 12
Conclusion	p. 20
Mary "The Borderline"	p. 21
I'm a Borderline, You Know	p. 22
"I Have More of a Sound Mind Now"	p. 31
Appreciating the Ordinary	p. 33
Conversations that Make a Difference: Nadine	p. 50
A Difference that Makes a Difference	p. 54
Conclusion	p. 55
"Agoraphobia" and "Me" Are Not Synonymous	p. 57
De- and Re-Construction	p. 57
Emotions in Therapy	p. 72
Conclusion	p. 85
Rethinking the Medical Model	p. 87
A Different Language Game	p. 87
Solution-Building Conversations	p. 94
What Does the Patient Say?	p. 96
Psychiatric Medications	p. 98
Conclusion	p. 100
Psychiatry Should be a Parenthesis in People's Lives	p. 103
Harry Korman	p. 103
Alasdair Macdonald	p. 107
Ralph Dahle	p. 111
Sophie Duriez	p. 118
Conclusion	p. 130
Meta-Systemic Considerations of the Solution-Focused Brief Approach: Using the Ideas to Implement Solution-Focused Practices in Agencies and Hospitals	p. 133
Joel's Experiences	p. 133
Philosophies that Inform Solution-Focused Brief Practice: Poststructuralism, Social Constructionism, and Language Games	p. 155
Philosophy	p. 156
Structuralism	p. 157
Poststructuralism	p. 160
Constructivism/Social Constructionism	p. 162
Language Games	p. 165
Epilogue	p. 167
References	p. 169
Index	p. 173
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Solution-Focused Brief Practice with Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services: "I Am More Than My Label"

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