Accounts of the Millwaukee group's developments of the approach can be found in de Shazer, S. (1985) Keys to solutions in brief therapy; (1988) Clues: investigating solutions in brief therapy; (1991) Putting difference to work. All published by Norton. O'Connell, W. & Palmer, S. (2003) Handbook of Solution Focused Therapy. London. Sage, provides a UK perspective and describes a variety of specific applications.
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Early accounts of Solution Focused Brief Therapy
DeShazer, S. (1985) Keys to solutions in brief therapy.
(1988) Clues: investigating solutions in brief therapy.
(1991) Putting difference to work. All published by Norton.
OHanlon, W. & Weiner-Davis, M. (1988) In search of solutions; a new direction in psychotherapy. Norton.
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UK Texts on Solution Focused Practice, including sections on Mental Health
Hanton, P. (2011) Skills in Solution Focused Brief Counselling & Psychotherapy. London. Sage.
Ratner, H. et al (2012) Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key points & Techniques. London. Routledge.
Burns, K. (2005) Focus on Solutions: A Health Professionals Guide. London. Whurr Publishers
George, E. Iveson, C. & Ratner, H. (2000) Problem to solution: brief therapy with individuals and families. Brief Therapy Press.
Hawkes, D., Marsh, T. I., & Wilgosh, R. (1998) Solution-Focused Therapy: A Handbook for Health Care Professionals. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical
OConnell, W. (1998) Solution Focused Therapy. London. Sage.
OConnell, W. & Palmer, S. (2003) Solution Focused Therapy in Practice. London. Sage.
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CAMHS
Wheeler, J. (2001) A Helping Hand: Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Child & Adolescent Mental Health. Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry
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Child Protection
Berg, I., K. (1991) Family preservation: a brief therapy workbook. Brief Therapy Press (7 - 8 Newbury Street, London, EC1A 7HU)
Berg, I. K. & Kelly, S. (2000) Building Solutions in Child Protective Services. New York. Norton.
Essex, S., Gumbleton, J., & Luger, C. (1996) Resolutions: Working with Families where Responsibility for Abuse is Denied. Child Abuse Review 5: 191-201.
ONeill, D., & McCashen, W. (1991) Competency based family support: brief therapy as a tool in goal setting and family valuing in child protection work. Family Therapy Case Studies 6.2:3-12
Turnell, A. & Edwards, S. (1999) Signs of Safety: A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child Protection Casework. London. W.W. Norton
Walsh T. (ed.) (1997) Solution Focused Child Protection - Towards a Positive Frame for Social Work Practice. Dublin. University of Dublin
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Children
Berg, I., K. (2003) Childrens Solution Work. London. Norton
Metcalf, L. (1997) Parenting Towards Solutions: How Parents can Use Skills They Already Have to Raise Responsible, Loving Kids. New Jersey. Prentice-Hall.
Sharry, J. (2004) Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families: A Strengths Based Approach. London. Sage.
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Domestic Violence
Lee, M. Y., Sebald, J. & Uken, A. (2003) Solution focused treatment of domestic violence offenders: accountability for change. OUP.
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Group Work
Metcalf, L. (1998) Solution Focused Group Therapy: Ideas for Groups in Private Practice, Schools, Agencies and Treatment Programs. New York. The Free Press.
Sharry, J. (2001) Solution Focused Group Work. London. Sage
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Health Visiting
Iveson, C. (1995) Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: a Tool for Health Visitors. Health Visitor 68.6:236-238.
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Schools
Ajmal, Y. & Rees, I. (2001) Solutions in Schools: Creative Applications of Solution Focused Thinking with Young People and Adults. London. Brief Therapy Press.
Durrant, M. (1995) Creative Strategies for School Problems: Solutions for Psychologists and Teachers. New York. Norton.
Metcalf, L. (1995) Counselling Towards Solutions: A Practical Solution-Focused Program for working with Students, Teachers and Parents. New York. Simon and Schuster
Metcalf, L. (1998) Teaching Toward Solutions: Step-by-step Strategies for Handling Academic, Behavioural and Family Issues in the Classroom. New York. Simon and Shuster.
Murphy, J. (1997) Solution Focused Counselling in Middle and High Schools. Alexandria VA: American Counselling Association.
Murphy, J. & Duncan, B. L., (1997) Brief Interventions for School Problems: Collaborating for Practical Solutions. New York. Guilford.
Rhodes, J. & Ajmal. Y. (1995) Solution focused therapy in schools. Brief Therapy Press.
Sklare, G. B. (1997) Brief Counselling that Works. Corwin Press Inc.
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Social Work
Milner, J. & O'Byrne, P. (1998) Assessment in Social Work. Basingstoke. MacMillan
Parton, N. & OByrne, P. (2000) Constructive Social Work.. London. MacMillan.
Sundmann, P (1997) Solution Focused Ideas in Social Work. Journal of Family Therapy, 19, 159-172
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Substance Misuse
Berg, I., K., & Gallagher, D. (1991) Solution Focused brief treatment with adolescent substance abusers. In T.C. Todd & M.D. Selekman (Eds.) Family Therapy Approaches with Adolescent Substance Abusers. Allyn & Bacon.
Berg, I., K., & Miller, S., D. (1992) Working with the problem drinker: a Solution Focused Approach. New York. Norton.
Miller, S. D. & Berg, I. K. (1995) The Miracle Method: A Radically New Approach to Problem Drinking. New York. Norton.
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Teenagers
Berg, I., K., & Gallagher, D. (1991) Solution Focused brief treatment with adolescent substance abusers. In T.C. Todd & M.D. Selekman (Eds.) Family Therapy Approaches with Adolescent Substance Abusers. Allyn & Bacon.
Bertolino, B. (1999) Therapy with Troubled Teenagers: Rewriting Young Lives in Progress. New York. Wiley.
Bertolino, B. & Thompson, K. (1999) The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action. : A Collaborative, Competency-based Approach. New York. The Haworth Press.
Selekman, M., D. (1993) Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy Solutions with Difficult Adolescents. New York. Guilford.