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More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-focused Brief Therapy (Haworth Brief Therapy) [Hardcover]

Steve de Shazer (Author), Yvonne Dolan (Author)
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0789033976 978-0789033970 February 28, 2007 1
The latest developments in this groundbreaking therapy approach!

More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a ground breaking, intellectually provocative book, revealing new advances in the widely used, evidence based Solution-focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) approach. The final work of world renowned family therapists and original developers of SFBT, the late Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg (who passed away shortly before the book’s release) this definitive resource provides the most up-to-date information available on this eminently practical, internationally acclaimed approach. New revelations about the impact of language in therapeutic change are presented precisely and clearly, illustrated with real life case examples that give readers a “hands-on” view of the newest technical refinements in the SF approach. Challenging questions about the applications of SFBT to complex problems in “difficult” settings are given thoughtful, detailed answers. The book’s unique design allows the reader to “listen in” on the lively discussions that took place as the authors watched therapy sessions.

The solution-focused brief therapy approach is based upon researchers observing thousands of hours of psychotherapy sessions and studying which questions and responses were most effective in helping people develop solutions to their problems. More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is the most up-to-date, comprehensive review of this approach. This book discusses the latest developments in the fields of family therapy, brief therapy, and psychotherapy training and practice. A succinct overview orients the reader to the current state of SFBT, and provides three real life case transcripts that vividly illustrate the practical applications of SFBT techniques.

The seminar format of More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy allows readers to:
  • sit in on surprising psychotherapy sessions
  • eavesdrop on the authors’ commentary about the sessions
  • get a comprehensive overview on the current state of SFBT
  • review and understand the major tenets of SFBT
  • learn specific interventions, including the miracle question and the reasons for asking it
  • understand treatment applicability
  • read actual session transcripts
  • understand the “miracle scale”
  • get insight into the unique relationship between Wittgenstein’s philosophy and SFBT
  • better understand SFBT and emotions
  • examine misconceptions about SFBT
  • and more

More Than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is illuminating reading for psychotherapists, counselors, human services personnel, health care workers, and teachers.


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"...essential reading...extremely valuable...must reading for SFBT therapists...a valuable resource for inquisitive practictioners....There is much to be learned about the specialized use of language in SFBT and this book provides an illuminating look into this topic..."

- Wallace J. Gingerich, Ph. D., Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

About the Author

Steve de Shazer, MSW, is co-developer of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. He has published numerous journal articles and five ground-breaking books, which have been translated into 14 languages. He died in September, '05 in Vienna.

Yvonne Dolan is the author of five books and numerous articles and chapters on Solution-focused Brief Therapy. She has been a psychotherapist for 30 years, lectures, and teaches seminars around the world on Solution-focused Brief Therapy.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 194 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (February 28, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789033976
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789033970
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #934,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for SFBT, March 13, 2008
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More than Miracles provides the state of the art for this model. This work represents the best distillation of the model to date. I especially appreciate the chapter covering its philosophical basis in Wittgenstein. I also appreciate the use of multiple cases to demonstrate the nuances of this model. Whether you like or approve of postmodern types of therapy, More than Miracles introduces you to the best of this type of therapy. It is a must have to complete any therapy or therapist's library.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Spoiled by disproportionate focus on Wittgenstein philosophy..., May 12, 2011
The book, good as it is on the actual practice of SFT, should only be half the size. All the therapy stuff is great, but half the book is on Wittgenstein philosophy, forced into a therapeutic context. This (unhealthy??) focus on ONE philosophical paradigm is annoying because one buys a book for what the title suggests, in this case, learning about SFBT, not philosophy. You don't have to know the "why" to get the "how". In the same way that one doesn't need to know why one has problems (psychoanalytical) to find solutions (the premise of SFT), one doesn't need to know "why" SFT works (philosophical theories) to know "how" to do it. As regards Wittgenstein philosophy discussed in half the book, Wittgenstein himself was at least humble enough to acknowledge, in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, that his book did not measure up to his own criteria of meaning, since philosophical theories set their own criteria of meaning which often cannot be met! De Shazer, however, did not seem to have the same measure of humility: anyone calling his own therapy "state of the art" is in effect negating other forms of therapy as somehow inferior or not up-to-date, when research strongly suggests that all models of therapy enjoy very similar empirical outcomes.
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SFBT is not theory based, but was pragmatically developed. Read the first page
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miracle scale, day after the miracle, miracle question, relational questions, scaling questions, client answers
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