Brief Counseling That Works : A Solution-Focused Approach for School Counselors

by Gerald B. Sklare

Students learn how to set goals, rediscover their resources, and repeat past successes to focus on solutions rather than problems.

Genres: Counselling, Psychology

121 pages, Paperback

First published February 26, 1997

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Changed the way I spoke to kids and to myself.

[Timm · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the overworked counselors out there. There is much power in brief, efficient counseling strategies.

[Michaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gosh, what a good resource. Sklare does a great job explaining the theoretical principles of SFBC while showing readers how to easily apply them to our work. I highly recommend this to School Counselors.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved how this handled the first session and the key SFBT terms, but I feel like it was less helpful for planning subsequent sessions

[Ann Pritchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually the text book for my practicum class in School Counseling but I really liked it.

[Mitzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for work and found it to be very resourceful. With caseloads of 400+ students, school counselors simply do not have the time to spend endless hours, days, or weeks with each and every student who is having some kind of struggle. This book offers a great (brief) approach to help students come up with their own solutions and focus on what's working (or will work) rather than dwelling on the problems. I will be implementing several strategies with my one-on-one interactions with students, small-group sessions, and even the guided imagery techniques when going into classrooms to teach coping-with-anxiety lessons.