Thinking and Acting Like a Solution-Focused School Counselor / Edition 1

by Richard D. Parsons

Overview

With session transcripts, in-depth case studies, and practice exercises, this concise guide gives counselors solution-focused techniques that help students use their strengths to attain goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412966443
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/06/2009
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard D. Parsons, Ph.D. is a Full Professor in the Counselor Education Department at West Chester University. Dr. Parsons has over 45 years of university teaching in counselor preparation programs. Prior to his University teaching Dr. Parsons spent 9 years as a school counselor in an inner-city high school.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction to Book Series
Part I. Solution Focus: A Model Guiding Reflective Practice
1. The School Counselor as Reflective Practitioner
2. The Fundamentals of a Solution-Focused Organizational Framework
Part II. Solution-Focused Discourse and the Strategies Employed
3. Highlighting the Possibility and Process of Change
4. Solutions Identification and Implementation
5. Identifying and Implementing Goal Attainment Strategies
Part III. From the Eyes of the Solution-Focused Expert
6. Solution-Focused School Counselor: Reflection In and On Practice
7. Practice in Procedural Thinking
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The author knows solution-focused counseling inside and out. He describes in excellent detail how to use this technique with multiple problems and multiple ages. The examples are spot on. "

Cynthia Knowles

"This book does make a distinct contribution to the field. This approach is one that school counselors can use. Many may be using a form of this and not even know it. "

Diane Smith

"This should be a required text for a school counseling degree. "

Jill R. Boyd