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Children's Solution Work 1st Edition

by Insoo Kim Berg (Author), Therese Steiner (Author)
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How to use solution-focused therapy with children and adolescents.

Focusing on solutions and not problems, thinking about the future and not the past, and understanding the effects of miracles―children do these things naturally. Here, leaders in the solution-focused approach to therapy provide clinicians with a guide to a kind of therapy that fits with children's natural way of being.
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    January 17, 2003
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    6.4 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches
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Insoo Kim Berg, MSW, codeveloped Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and is Director of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her most recent books are Children’s Solution Work (with Therese Steiner) and Interviewing for Solutions (with Peter de Jonge).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0393703878
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (January 17, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780393703870
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393703870
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Enrique G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2015
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rodger taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just for Children
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014
Insoo Berg co-founder and developer of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) titles this book "Children's Solution Work", which suggest that this professional book is written for therapists specializing in children's therapy. However, the book provides several interventions and techniques that I find effective with all populations.
The book is a resource for innovative and creative interventions and techniques that work well with children. She describes ways to: use different scaling questions, ways to encouraging solution talk, ways to tap into and develop strengths, assigning creative homework, work strategically with families, and ways to help children discover strengths and possibilities. Because children may have limited verbal and expressive capabilities the techniques and interventions of this book tap into the child's imaginative abilities, and love of play and experience. .
The techniques are effective with adult populations who often under-use their creative abilities. The crux of Solution work for both adults and children is the tapping into the creative process. Often as therapists we call upon our clients to imagine things differently, or describe things in sensory detail. These act of imagination and sensory perception awaken the creative centers of the brain that often are inaccessible or hidden behind symbolic language. I have found the techniques described by Insoo equally effective in helping adult clients to tap into their creative strengths giving them just what is needed to think outside the box.
The book has a place in my professional library. Still, I do not hesitate to recommend it to parents and teachers looking for ways to help children to express themselves in meaningful and positive ways.
Ramona Taylor MA, MFTI
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Laurie
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and readable
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2007
Berg and Steiner's well written book is my new most valuable resource. As a graduate student who wants to focus on child and adolescent therapy, but in a program that focuses more on adult family therapy, this book was very helpful to me. Steiner took Berg's solution focused therapy and used it with children in a creative way. They give case studies and discuss some more common issues you will see in therapy, such as ADHD, trauma, abuse, etc. They also discuss the therapy in general and how to apply it to children. If you are planning on ever working with children, this book is a must, even if you don't necessarily agree with everything they write.
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Adding Machine (Tom)
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for the real examples of helping children find solutions
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2009
I read CHILDREN'S SOLUTION WORK over the summer with many times of reading for short periods. The read is pleasant, the examples are unforgettable. The suggestions are helpful. The authors have grasped what it means to get into a child's world enough for them to have influence that can help children expand the possibilities they have for facing and dealing with critical issues. I recommend it.
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Dana L. Riemer
5.0 out of 5 stars Insoo Rocks!
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2004
This is a must for anyone who works with children. Not only do the authors explore solution work in general, but tailor it for children. They include specific exercises if you need a little help getting your creativity flowing. I would highly recommend this book for students, interns, and practitioners, basically anyone who works with children on a regular basis.
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Adam
5.0 out of 5 stars Great content, bellow average editing?
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2023
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I'm an MFT trainee, and this book has been super useful when adapting SFBT to work with kids and families! I would definitely recommend it, but with a catch. I'm not an editor by any stretch of the imagination, but as an avid reader I've been finding that the wording/sentence structure is sometimes confusing. Ignoring that, if you really want to learn SFBT for kids this really is the book for you.
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bobbydazla
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2013
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A clear and well presented book about solution focused work with children. ideal for solution focused therapists venturing into, or hoping to improve their skills with children, and caregivers. i plan to recommend this book to my childrens teachers and OT.
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Mihija
5.0 out of 5 stars こどもとひと仕事したくなります
Reviewed in Japan on May 29, 2003
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もちろã‚"子供とどれだã'楽ã-ã‚"で解決ã‚'見つã'ていくかというæ-¹æ³•ã®ãƒªã‚½ãƒ¼ã‚¹ã¨ã-てもã"れでもかという程の例が出てきます。前半ã!®ã"の部分ã‚'読むだã'でも十分明æ-¥ä½¿ã£ã¦ã¿ãŸã„、と思うアイディアで一杯です。セラãƒ"ストだã'でなく、子供とé-¢ã‚ã‚‹ã©ã‚"な立å 'のæ-¹ã«ã¨ã£ã¦ã‚‚å¿...ず有ç"¨ãªä¸€è¨€ã«å‡ºä¼šãˆã‚‹æœ¬ã§ã¯ãªã„でã-ょうか。
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alkman82
5.0 out of 5 stars As expected
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2013
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The book was in excellent condition as expected. I ll write more when I read it :). I have heard good comments about it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Solution focussed work with young people
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2004
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This is about the best book I have come across of it's type. Clear, easy to follow and full of ideas for practice.
Whether you are a social worker, foster carer, parent or therapist this is an immensly usefull book.
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