The Solution-Focused Helper: Ethics And Practice In Health And Social Care: Ethics and Practice in Health and Social Care

Based in part on original research with over 50 practitioners, this absorbing book provides a practice model for solution-focused helping, developed from real-life experiences across a number of settings.

The book begins by reviewing the original De Shazer and Berg practice model, establishing a case for change and then introduces a new concept for the solution-focused helper. Case examples are used to demonstrate the application of this new model in five different practice settings:

• Healthcare
• Learning disability
• Services for older people and end-of-life care
• Community development
• Services for globalised diverse communities

Reflective exercises and research reviews are included for each setting as well as sections on policy contexts and ethical dimensions.

The Solution-Focused Helper will support students and practitioners who are already familiar with the basic concepts and principles of solution-focused work and who wish to develop their practice and deepen their knowledge.

Trish Walsh is a researcher and educator in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is also an independent social worker and trainer/consultant. Her doctoral research was on the introduction of solution-focused therapy to Irish practitioners, and she has published widely on its use.