Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mo Yee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Brief Therapy ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Solution Focused Brief Therapy ◽  
Solution Focused ◽  
Work Treatment

Building on a strengths perspective and using a time-limited approach, solution-focused brief therapy is a treatment model in social work practice that holds a person accountable for solutions rather than responsible for problems. Solution-focused brief therapy deliberately utilizes the language and symbols of “solution and strengths” in treatment and postulates that positive and long-lasting change can occur in a relatively brief period of time by focusing on the solution-building process instead of focusing on the problems. Currently, this practice model has been adopted in diverse social work practice settings with different client populations, which could be partly accounted by the fact that the assumptions and practice orientation of solution-focused brief therapy are consistent with social work values as well as the strengths-based and empowerment-based practice in social work treatment.

Incorporating Principles of Solution-Focused Intervention into the Generalist Practice Curriculum

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
Carolyn Knight
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Generalist Practice ◽  
Solution Focused

Brief, solution-focused intervention embodies some of the more important and distinguishing assumptions of social work practice, most notably the strengths and resilience orientations. This practice model provides a much-needed link between the abstract arena of the classroom and contemporary social work practice. In this article, the author presents the key assumptions of this model. Through the use of a case example, the author also discusses how this model may be incorporated into the generalist social work practice curriculum.

Direct Social Work Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Direct Practice ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
Client Strengths

Direct social work practice is the application of social work theory and/or methods to the resolution and prevention of psychosocial problems experienced by individuals, families, and groups. In this article, direct practice is discussed in the context of social work values, empowerment, diversity, and multiculturalism, as well as with attention to client strengths, spirituality, and risk and resilience influences. The challenges of practice evaluation are also considered.

Guidelines for Responding to Clients Spontaneously Presenting Their Poetry in Therapy

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rich Furman ◽  
Kathryn Collins
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Poetry Therapy ◽  
Social Work Values

Poetry therapy has become a valuable adjunctive tool in social work practice, as well as an important discipline in its own right. What has not been previously presented in the literature are intervention strategies designed for when clients spontaneously present their poems in treatment without prompting from the clinician. This article provides just such practice guidelines for clinicians, especially clinicians who do not normally use poetry in therapy. First, the article explores the uses of poetry in social work practice. Second, it presents general guidelines for how to handle the introduction of poetry by clients through the lens of essential social work values and principles. Third, a case study is presented to amplify these guidelines.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnny S. Kim ◽  
Michael S. Kelly ◽  
Cynthia Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Social Work ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
Brief Therapy ◽  
School Setting ◽  
School Social Work ◽  
Solution Focused Brief Therapy ◽  
Solution Focused ◽  
Counseling Practices

This introduction chapter begins by describing the various chapters of the book and introduces the ideas of the solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) approach. It makes a case for why SFBT is well-suited for school social work and school counseling practices and how it can even be adapted to Special Education IEP goals. The chapter also describes the advantages of using SFBT in a school setting. A brief case example is provided to illustrate why SFBT can work in a school setting.

Assessing the National School Social Work Practice Model: Findings from the Second National School Social Work Survey

Social Work ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Kelly ◽  
Andy Frey ◽  
Aaron Thompson ◽  
Heather Klemp ◽  
Michelle Alvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
School Social Work ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
National School

scholarly journals Pressure drop: Securitising and de-securitising safeguarding

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David McKendrick ◽  
Jo Finch
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Critical Consideration

INTRODUCTION: This article explores how securitisation theory is mobilised in contemporary social work discourse, policy and practice. We draw on recent child protection research to support our claim that a new practice issue, described previously as securitised safeguarding, has emerged.APPROACH: We demonstrate its emergence using securitisation theory as a conceptual mode of analysis to describe how a securitised safeguarding response depicts particular families as an existential threat which, in turn, prompts a response characterised by forms of muscular liberalism.CONCLUSIONS: We argue that this emerging practice issue requires critical consideration and suggest it will have a significant impact on social work – one that is unlikely to be beneficial for the profession and, more importantly, families being worked with. By describing a process of de-securitisation, we offer an alternative and more nuanced approach that perceives families holistically, and mobilises a welfare safeguarding model. This more closely resembles traditional social work values of emancipation, liberation and empowerment within social work practice.

Looking back to look forward: a collaborative autoethnographic study of the effects of neoliberalism on social work practice, education and research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Kramer ◽  
Darren Cosgrove ◽  
Jonah DeChants
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Academic Experiences ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Practice Education

Neoliberalism emerged as a powerful force across the globe, adding market-based pressures to social work practice, education and research. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, we reflected on neoliberalism’s impact on our professional and academic experiences in US-based social work. Disconnection characterised our collective experiences of neoliberal social work across practice, research and education. The effects of this collective disconnecting emerged in three themes: (1) commodification; (2) compliance; and (3) disillusionment. We offer recommendations on how the field of social work can resist neoliberalism’s effects and encourage: (1) recentring social work practice, education and research around social work values; (2) a strategic use of self to form connections between the personal and the professional; and (3) the adoption of collective impact as the model for social work education and research.

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