Working With Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Healthcare Settings - A Practical Guide

This book shares ideas on how speech and language therapists and others working in medical settings can integrate Solution Focused Brief Therapy into their therapeutic interactions. It is likely to become a trusted resource, supporting allied health professionals and others to ensure their therapy is grounded in client priorities.

About the author

Kidge Burns is a Speech and Language Therapist who worked in an NHS hospital setting for 23 years. Since 1997, she has used SFBT to help clients with acute and chronic physical ill health, writing chapters and articles on her work and publishing Focus on Solutions: A Health Professional’s Guide (2nd ed., 2016). She completed the BRIEF Diploma in 2006 and was part of the working party involved in setting up the accreditation scheme for the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice (UKASFP). Kidge has trained health professionals in SFBT throughout the UK and provides therapy and supervision to individuals as a Solution Focused Practitioner.
Sarah Northcott is a Senior Lecturer in speech and language therapy at City, University of London. After qualifying as a Speech and Language Therapist, she initially worked in community services, before completing a PhD. Her research interests lie in exploring ways to support the emotional and social wellbeing of people living with stroke and aphasia. In 2016, she received the Stroke Association Jack and Averil (Mansfield) Bradley Fellowship Award for Stroke Research, which enabled her to lead the Solution Focused brief therapy In post-stroke Aphasia (SOFIA) trial. Sarah has also completed a diploma in Solution Focused Brief Therapy at BRIEF, London.

Summary

This book shares ideas on how speech and language therapists and others working in medical settings can integrate Solution Focused Brief Therapy into their therapeutic interactions. It is likely to become a trusted resource, supporting allied health professionals and others to ensure their therapy is grounded in client priorities.

Product details

• Authors: Kidge Burns, Kidge Northcott Burns, Burns Kidge, Sarah Northcott, Northcott Sarah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032270395
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227039-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Working With
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / General, MEDICAL / Audiology & Speech Pathology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Hearing & Speech, Psychotherapy, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Speech and language disorders and therapy, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Speech & language disorders & therapy, Nursing and ancillary services, Nursing & ancillary services