Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools

The third edition of this widely used text presents a comprehensive guide to solution-focused counseling for students from preschool through grade 12. Drawing on empowering, evidence-based techniques, the book emphasizes helping students resolve problems efficiently by leveraging their strengths, resources, and wisdom. It integrates both the philosophical foundations of solution-focused counseling and practical strategies for real-world application in schools and clinical settings.

Key Features

• Provides practical, proven strategies for addressing a wide range of student problems from preschool through high school.
• Includes real-life case examples and sample dialogues from counseling sessions.
• New chapters on limiting the restrictive influence of problems, building positive relationships, collecting client feedback, and co-constructing solvable problems and achievable goals.
• Expanded appendices to enhance classroom and clinical utility.
• Troubleshooting tips for common counseling challenges.
• Discussion questions and practice exercises at the end of each chapter.
• Instructor resources: complimentary test manual and PowerPoint slides.