Brief counseling in action

by John M. Littrell

This introduction to brief therapy for counselors and counseling students will enable readers to establish a brief counseling mindset, master key steps of the solution-focused model, and acquire techniques for speeding up the action. There are more than fifty vignettes and three detailed single-session cases showing brief counseling at work in varied settings - schools, agencies, counseling centers, and private practice. Research on the potential for counseling to be both short and effective is reviewed. In all, this book shows what can be gained when both counselor and client are engaged in a process that is time-limited, action-based, goal-oriented, and fun.