EDUC 323 Chapter Notes -Insoo Kim Berg, Family Therapy, Archaeology And The Book Of Mormon
20 Feb 2014
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Educ 323 ch 14: solution focused therapy: background, draws from 2 separate approaches, both rooted in early communications/systems theory. First variant is associated w/de shazer and insoo kim berg of center for. Second attributable to bill o"hanlon (used terms solution centered, possibility therapy, collaborative, competence based counselling (most recently referred to as possibility therapy) Ppl create own realities and if there"s problems we can recreate reality in a more helpful way. Approach clients w/attitude that they have the strengths and resources to solve their complaints. Client= customer and problem=complaint (client know where they want to go and are motivated to get there: counsellor hired b/c they have expertise in constructing solutions. Awareness or insight necessary for change/symptom reduction (we must understand cause of symptom for ppl to recover) Amelioration or removal of symptoms useless/shallow at best and harmful at worst. Clients are ambivalent about change and resistant to therapy. Real change takes time (brief interventions are shallow and don"t last)
