Solution-Focused Groupwork (Brief Therapies series) - Hardcover

Sharry, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761967796 ISBN 13: 9780761967798

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

`John Sharry has fluency with language that allows complexity to sit side by side with clarity and ideas to flow across the page. This is a book that must be read by anyone interested in front line developments in solution focused therapy ′ - Chris Iveson, Brief Therapy Practice, London

Solution Focused Groupwork is an innovative and highly practical guide for all professionals who use groups to help people. For those new to the approach it provides a clear, step-by-step introduction, while for more experienced practitioners it presents ideas and techniques which can be readily integrated into existing practice.

John Sharry examines the therapeutic factors which characterize solution

About this title

About the Author

John Sharry is Principal Social Worker in the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry at Mater Hospital, Dublin. He is also the author of Solution-Focused Groupwork (SAGE, 2001).

Review

`The author is a practicing counsellor, principal social worker and director of Brief Therapy Group, Dublin. His book, clearly drawn from his own experiences, is highly readable and instantly accessible.... This slim, tautly written volume disgusies an enormous, practial treasure store to help group facilitators. At a time when many mediation services are considering - or have started - diversifying and are offering group work for children, parents or those going through divorce and separation, Solution-Focused Groupwork should be essential reading′ - Family Mediation in Practice

`In this comprehensive and well-targeted book, John Sharry manages to cover the key points relating to working with groups in a solution-focused way in an easy and relaxed style. John Sharry′s experience shines through, with many examples and case studies illustrating the ideas.... The book is well referenced and indexed, and structured to allow easy navigation for the reader. John Sharry has produced a book which will interest not only group therapists, but also anyone interested in helping groups stay on track towards solutions′ - The Solutions Focus

′The author has created interesting and thought-provoking arguments that provide a balanced analysis of abuse therapy, in particular Repression, Dissociation and False Memory Retrieval′ - Clare Young, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy

′Another addition to the excellent SAGE ′Brief Therapies′ series of books which provide highly practical guides for professionals seeking knowledge in the subject′ - Changes

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761967796
• ISBN 13: 9780761967798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162