Product Details

• Actors: Peter De Jong, Insoo Kim Berg
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Studio: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0495098825
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #91,721 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on Interviewing--Period!, October 20, 2003

By	Rocco B. Rubino "Rocco R." (Ohio) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Interviewing for Solutions (Paperback)

Although solution focused-brief therapy is considered a paradigm, this book could very well be used in any introductory, microskills class, and it should.

The authors put forth a paradigm that is easy to learn (yet technique is perfected with much experience),and it places focus on the client's "non-problem" life. This is important because what we tend to focus on tends to increase.

The authors present SF in a way that is very empowering to both the therapist and the client. For the therapist who is interested in genuinely helping people, this will work, but you cannot use this approach and have an ego-issue w/regard to being an "expert." Rightly, the client is the expert on his/her own life.

A first-class text, and a keeper!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for All, November 24, 2004

By	Tad Gary "Tad Gary" (Arizona) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Interviewing for Solutions (Paperback)

"Interviewing for Solutions" is wonderful. I would encourage anyone interested in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to read this book. "Interviewing for Solutions" supplies the reader with a overview of SFBT, as well as demonstrating SFBT in action via examples of interviews with various clients. Regardless of the counseling orientation one takes when assisting clients, the book provides valuable tools for all! In addition to this book, I would highly suggest obtaining a few of the lecture tapes of Berg, de Shazer and etc from the Brief Family Therapy Center.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Basic Text for Solution-Focused Therapy, February 1, 2001

By	Dr. Z. "Joyfully Retired" (San Rafael, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interviewing for Solutions (Paperback)

When I teach solution-focused therapy and students ask what's worth reading to supplement their learning, I tell them Interviewing for Solutions by De Jong and Berg is at the top of my list. I think of it as the basic text in solution-focused therapy--with clear explanations of all the interviewing techniques and chocked full of vivid case examples. This book has much that is useful for those new to this approach as well as the seasoned solution-focused therapist. Phillip Ziegler, co-author of Recreating Partnership: A Solution-Oriented, Collaborative Approach to Couples Therapy