Creating Sustainable Results with Solution-Focused Applied Psychology: A Practical Guide for Coaches and Change Facilitators

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This practical, evidence-based guide details how professional practitioners and change facilitators can integrate a solution-focused approach into their daily work and practice. While conventional therapeutic methods centre on the assumption that problems arise due to deficiencies, and therefore focus on diagnosis and subsequent treatment, the solution-focused approach is resource-based and operates on the assumption that human beings always have resources at their disposal to move forward. Free from the burden of detailed problem analysis, the solution-focused approach prioritizes clients’ hope for change in their lives and taps into the opportunities and resources available to bring about such transformation. The solution-focused practitioner is able to design incisive interventions that are flexible enough to adapt to any situation clients might find themselves in, and this book provides a practical formulation that is immediately applicable to all professional fields of applied psychology. Creating Sustainable Results with Solution-Focused Applied Psychology is important reading for therapists and coaches of all schools of thought, as well as anyone who practices as a professional change facilitator, including social workers, mediators, business leaders, and educators. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Note From the Author Introduction: Simple is Not Easy Add Lightness! The Solution Cube Beyond Techniques Your Personal 3-D Solution Cube Gender, Footnotes & Readability The Founding Father of Modern Therapy The 10 SoFAP Essentials Scope of Applicability Terminology 1 The Basic Axioms The Futile Quest for a Comprehensive Theory The Image of Mankind Behind the Solution-Focused Psychology The Axiom of Resource Orientation The Axiom of Resilience The Axiom of Well-Being The Axiom of Client-Orientation The Axiom of Systemic Thinking The Four-Leaf Clover: Cognition, Emotion, Behavior, and Interaction Conclusion 2 What Always Works in Good Facilitation? Change Agents and Coaching Clients are the Best Teachers Know Thyself Waves of Development True Change Active Ingredients at Work Seven Tools for True Change Conclusion 3 The Power of Common Sense Minimax The Decision Rules Rules are Tools Deconstruction of the Basic Rules Taking a Step Back: A Darwinian Algorithm Conclusion 4 The Three Mandates On Terminology What is a Mandate? Three Mandates SoFAP Embraces the Three Different Mandates Simultaneously Coaching Versus Psychotherapy Rotating Mandates A Matter of Life and Death Case Rules of Thumb in Using the Mandates Conclusion 5 The Seven-Step Tango Creativity The Solution Tango Guidelines for the Correct Use of the SoFAP Tango Overview of the Seven-Step SoFAP Tango Step 1 Making Contact Step 2 Exploring the Context Step 3 Goal Setting Step 4 Uncovering Resources Step 5 Appreciation or the Art of Giving Compliments Step 6 Offering Differentiation Step 7 Future Orientation Conclusion 6 The Flowchart Simple is not Easy The Flowchart Basics The Limited Set of Questions Limitation or Problem? The Non-Committal Working Relationship The Searching Working Relationship The Consulting Working Relationship The Co-Expert Relationship Rules of Thumb to Maximize the Effectiveness of the Flowchart Conclusion 7 The Icons Icon 1 Scaling Questions Conclusion Icon 2 The Miracle Question The Precursor to the Miracle Question The Discovery of the Miracle Question The Development of the Miracle Question Simplism Comes with a Price The SoFAP Version of the Miracle Question Food for Linguists A Roadmap for Using the Miracle Question What Makes the Miracle Question Work? The Miracle Question Without the Word 'Miracle' The Miracle Video Steve's Final Contribution Closing Consideration Consulted Literature Index