The Essential Guide to Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with Young People (Hinton House Essential Guides)

Help young people to learn to devise solutions and to focus on the future rather than the past. Practical and user-friendly introductions that will enable professionals to use tried-and-tested strategies and techniques when working with young people to promote emotional and mental well-being. These useful tools will help to prevent the escalation of difficulties and will provide anyone wishing to develop a programme of support with a range of problem-solving ideas and techniques. Solution focused brief therapy is based on solution-building rather than problem solving. It encourages people to explore their current resources and future hopes rather than focusing upon present problems and their past causes. Outlines key techniques and strategies that have been shown to be effective across a wide range of difficulties and problems, however serious these may seem. Explains clearly how and why to use these successful methods to help young people find solutions, build confidence and reach their goals.