Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma

The topic of trauma has been covered in many books, and there are many publications covering the use of SFBT in different settings and with varied client populations. However, the convergence of these topics has, to date, been covered only minutely. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma is a comprehensive overview of how Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) can be used as a treatment approach for working with clients managing various forms of trauma. It includes an overview of SFBT's basic tenets, a description of the current research supporting SFBT as an evidence-based practice, and a comparison of how SFBT clinicians may approach trauma cases differently than clinicians from other therapeutic approaches. The bulk of the text uniquely includes chapters contributed by skilled SFBT clinicians, with differing clinical expertise, sharing their knowledge and describing their strength-based, resiliency focus of applying SFBT in different traumatic circumstances. Practitioners and even Master's/doctoral students will find this text invaluable in learning how to best help traumatized clients develop a positive future and move toward healing and health.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Elliott Connie

Chapter 2: Intersection of SFBT and Trauma: Comparison and Contrast
Johnny Kim and Adam Froerer

Chapter 3: Language Creates a New Reality
Adam Froerer, Cecil Walker, Johnny Kim, Elliott Connie, and Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs

Chapter 4: SFBT and Violent Crime
Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs

Chapter 5: Preventing Suicide in the Aftermath of Trauma
Heather Fiske

Chapter 6: Interpersonal Violence
Dawn Crosswhite, Johnny Kim, and Stacey Anne Williams

Chapter 7: SFBT with Survivors of War and International Conflict
Stephen M. Langer

Chapter 8: Substance Abuse and Recovery Through SFBT
Swathi M. Reddy, Kristin Bolton, Cynthia Franklin, and Karla Gonzalez Suitt

Chapter 9: Infidelity in Marriage and Relationships
Elliott Connie

Chapter 10: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Military
Calyn Crow

Chapter 11: Child Sexual Abuse
Dawn Crosswhite and Johnny Kim

Chapter 12: Childhood Trauma
Johnny Kim, Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs, and Stacey Anne Williams

Chapter 13: Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
Carla P. Smith and Adam Froerer

Chapter 14: Countering Systemic Retraumatization for Sex-Trafficking Survivors
Christopher K. Belous and Carla P. Smith

Chapter 15: Vicarious Resilience
Adam Froerer, Jacqui von Cziffra Bergs, Johnny Kim, and Elliott Connie