Interviewing for Solutions

Peter De Jong

ISBN 10: 053458473X / ISBN 13: 9780534584733

Published by Cengage Learning, Inc, 2001

About this Item

Helps counselors develop solution-building skills for client interviews, focusing on client competence and working with clients collaboratively. Models for solution-focused work are illustrated by case examples and extensive excerpts from actual interviews. Numerous interviewing protocols and other.

Seller Inventory # CIN053458473XG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interviewing for Solutions
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 053458473X
• ISBN 13: 9780534584733
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Authors Peter De Jong and Insoo Kim Berg present an interviewing skills text with a unique solution-focused approach. This unique approach views clients as competent, helps them to visualize the changes they want, and builds on what they are already doing that works. Throughout the book, the authors' present models for solution-focused work, illustrated by examples and supported by research.

About the Authors

Peter De Jong, Ph.D., is a professor of social work at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been an outpatient therapist, case worker, and led trainings and consultations with mental health clinics, family service agencies, juvenile corrections programs, and schools. In addition to co-authoring (with Insoo Kim Berg) two earlier editions of INTERVIEWING FOR SOLUTIONS, he has written several articles and book chapters on solution-focused therapy. Peter continues to develop new practice tools and therapy and training manuals, and to conduct research on practice and how new practitioners acquire a solution-focused outlook and skills.

Insoo Kim Berg, M.S.S.W. is a co-developer of the solution-focused approach and is the director of the Brief Family Therapy Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Many of her 10 books and over 35 papers have been translated into 14 languages. Among her books are FAMILY BASED SERVICES, WORKING WITH THE PROBLEM DRINKER (co-author Scott D. Miller), BUILDING SOLUTIONS IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (co-author Susan Kelly), and CHILDREN'S SOLUTION WORK (co-author Therese Steiner). Insoo lectures across North America, Europe, Scandinavia, and Pacific Rim countries and consults with organizations and various government agencies.