Solution-Focused Therapy with Children and Adolescents offers mental health professionals an integration of creative and playful approaches and solution-focused therapy. The author presents developmentally appropriate and expressive alternatives to oral communication including sandtray, writing, puppetry, drawing and coloring, photography, and music. The text presents an overview of strength-based and creative approaches with a focused examination of the philosophy and process of solution-focused therapy, then divides chapters into specific stages of therapy--beginnings, searching for treasure, setting goals, and ending the session--with creative techniques offered in each section. The final chapter addresses working with children and adolescents in solution-focused groups, including how to set up groups and progress through different group stages, presenting specific techniques and activities focused on each stage of the group process.
Author: Elizabeth Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 2019
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1138054550
ISBN 13: 9781138054554
Dimension: Length: 6 inches, Width: 0.46 inches, Height: 9 inches
Weight: Weight: 0.6172943336 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 194
Solution-Focused Therapy with Children and Adolescents offers mental health professionals an integration of creative and playful approaches and solution-focused therapy. The author presents developmentally appropriate and expressive alternatives to oral communication including sandtray, writing, puppetry, drawing and coloring, photography, and music. The text presents an overview of strength-based and creative approaches with a focused examination of the philosophy and process of solution-focused therapy, then divides chapters into specific stages of therapy--beginnings, searching for treasure, setting goals, and ending the session--with creative techniques offered in each section. The final chapter addresses working with children and adolescents in solution-focused groups, including how to set up groups and progress through different group stages, presenting specific techniques and activities focused on each stage of the group process.
Author: Elizabeth Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 2019
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1138054550
ISBN 13: 9781138054554
Dimension: Length: 6 inches, Width: 0.46 inches, Height: 9 inches
Weight: Weight: 0.6172943336 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 194