Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Children and Young People who Stammer and their Parents

List of figures Foreword by Evan George Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction You (the reader) and SFBT An introduction to Solution Focused Brief Therapy A brief history of SFBT at the Michael Palin Centre Current thinking about stammering and how SFBT helps us Our assessment process and SFBT How we use SFBT in therapy – an eclectic approach 2 Our First Solution-Focused Conversation Meeting the person, not the problem Exploring best hopes Looking for solutions and what’s already working using scaling Compliments Summing up and ending the session 3 Progress over Time What’s going well Thinking more about scaling and best hopes Broadening the view of self When it’s not going so well Process of change and coping with setbacks How to manage diverging hopes Follow-up sessions with young adults When to meet again Ending therapy 4 Solution-Focused Conversations with Children and Young People Talking to younger children Exploring best hopes with younger children Exploring the concept of scaling Using metaphors and imagery Talking to young people Children and young people with learning or language needs Autistic children and young people Children and young people with physical disability Children and young people with emotional health needs 5 Solution-Focused Conversations with Parents Why include parents? Parenting children who stammer Parenting children with additional needs Working systemically 6 Using SFBT in Groups Working in groups The benefits of group therapy 7 The Evidence Base, the Benefits, and the Challenges The evidence base for SFBT Benefits of SFBT Challenges of SFBT Frequently asked questions 8 Other Applications of SFBT Exploring a stammering ‘toolkit’ using a SF perspective Handling criticism using SFBT SFBT in other settings 9 Becoming a Solution-Focused Therapist Therapist skills Using SFBT in supervision 10 Conclusion Resources Bibliography Index