Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Families

This step-by-step training manual guides readers through the clinical practice of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for use with families.

This book presents SFBT to family psychologists and other therapists and health care professionals in related fields in an easy to learn format that provides specific clinical skills and case examples to enhance learning. It provides an overview of SFBT, a brief history of its origins, underlying theory and research, and session sequencing and tools for using the SFBT approach with families, and teaches the reader how to conduct an SFBT session from beginning to end. 

Detailed procedures and case examples in this book illustrate practice with diverse clients in clinical and counseling settings, including the challenges therapists may face in working with families and how to avoid roadblocks in therapy. Readers will gain valuable insights and practical guidance in how to use this effective approach to therapeutic change.

Preface
Cynthia Franklin and Johnny S. Kim

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  Cynthia Franklin, Matt Riley, and Johnny S. Kim
• Chapter 2. SFBT Core Elements and the Process of Change
  Cynthia Franklin, Katharine Sucher, and Johnny S. Kim
• Chapter 3. Overview of SFBT Structure
  Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
• Chapter 4. Assessment and Beginning the SFBT Family Session
  Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
• Chapter 5. Goal Formulation and Preferred Future
  Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
• Chapter 6. Concluding the Family Session and Conducting Follow-Up Sessions
  Johnny S. Kim and Cynthia Franklin
• Chapter 7. Working With Emotions in SFBT
  Cynthia Franklin, Anao Zhang, Matt Riley, and Johnny S. Kim
• Chapter 8. Solution-Focused Crisis Intervention With Youth and Families
  Xiao Ding, Cynthia Franklin, and Johnny S. Kim
• Chapter 9. SFBT Case Examples With Parents and Children in Clinical Settings
  Sara Jordan, Johnny S. Kim, and Cynthia Franklin
• Chapter 10. SFBT Case Examples in Youth and Family Services
  Sara Jordan, Johnny S. Kim, and Cynthia Franklin

Cynthia Franklin, PhD, is director of External Relations and Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Trained as a family therapist, Dr. Franklin has championed family- and strengths-based mental health interventions since her clinical work began more than 40 years ago. Throughout her 30+ years in academia, she has continued practicing as a mental health and family therapist in her areas of expertise. Dr. Franklin is an internationally recognized expert on solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) and mental health in K-12 school contexts.

Johnny Kim, PhD, LCSW, is a professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver. Dr. Kim received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and was a Council on Social Work Education Minority Clinical Fellow. His teaching areas include clinical social work theory and practice, SFBT, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and school social work. Dr. Kim's research focuses on evaluating SFBT, school-based interventions, meta-analysis, and evidence-based practice. He has authored over 50 publications, including four books. Dr. Kim is chair of the Research Committee for the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association and serves on the editorial board for several journals.