Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-262) and indexes.
Becoming solution-focused : it starts with a question -- Assumptions of a solution-focused approach -- A positive start -- Well-defined goals -- pathways of constructing solutions -- The hypothetical solution frame -- The exceptions frame -- Positive feedback -- What do we do next? : "Every session is the first, every session is the last" -- Enhancing "agency" : facilitating what seems out of control as within control -- The interactional matrix -- "But I want them to be different" : when someone else is defined as the problem -- Cooperating -- Putting it all together : case examples -- Voluntary or involuntary : a basic distinction -- The involuntary client -- It ends with a working solution -- A final word.