Goal Focused Interviewing / Edition 1

by Frank Maple

Overview

This book presents Frank F Maple's straightforward model for categorizing information elicited from clients, which he has adapted for social work practice with individuals, families and groups, reflecting the movement in social work toward the current need for solution-based and brief therapy.

Techniques for focusing on the competencies rather than the deficiencies of those who seek help and those who give it are emphasized, and readers are given the opportunity to decide upon appropriate interventions at key points of the interview.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761901815
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/15/1997
Series:	SAGE Human Services Guides , #73
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	151
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning Goal Focused Interviewing
Goal Focused Interviewing with an Individual Client
Using Goal Focused Interviewing with Groups
Goal Focused Interviewing with Families
Organizing Information
The Silent Interview
Other Uses of Goal Focused Interviewing
When a Client and a Helper Cannot Transform a Problem into a Goal Statement
A Few Closing Thoughts

Editorial Reviews

Goal-focused interviewing emphasizes a constructive, collaborative approach between clients and workers that focuses on solutions and on competencies, rather than deficits. Maple (social work, U. of Michigan) uses an interactive framework in which he presents transcriptions of portions of interviews and, at particular points, asks the reader to select one of four interventions. He then provides a rationale for or against each intervention. Includes techniques for work with groups and families, and for the use of the silent interview. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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