Collaborative Brief Therapy with Children

In this engaging guide, Matthew Selekman presents cutting-edge strategies for helping children and their families overcome a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. Vivid case material illustrates how to engage clients rapidly and implement interventions that elicit their strengths. Integrating concepts and tools from a variety of therapeutic traditions, Selekman describes creative applications of interviewing, family art and play, postmodern and narrative techniques, and positive psychology. He highlights ways to promote spontaneity, fun, and new possibilities—especially with clients who feel stuck in longstanding difficulties and entrenched patterns of interaction. The book updates and refines the approach originally presented in Selekman's acclaimed Solution-Focused Therapy with Children.

_x000D_1. Expanding the Possibilities: A Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Therapy Approach with Children_x000D_2. The Collaborative Strengths-Based Family Assessment Session_x000D_3. Interviewing for Change: Co-Creating Compelling Future Realities with Children and Their Families_x000D_4. Finding Fit: Guidelines for Therapeutic Experiment Design, Selection, and Implementation_x000D_5. Curious George Meets Dr. Seuss: Family Play and Art Experiments_x000D_6. Bringing Out the Best in Children: A Solution-Oriented Parenting Approach_x000D_7. Guidelines for Optimizing Therapeutic Cooperation in Second and Subsequent Sessions_x000D_8. Co-Constructing Change: Hosting Collaborative Conversations with Allies from Larger Systems_x000D_9. Building Strong Bridges from School to Home: Establishing Successful Collaborative Partnerships with Families and School Professionals_x000D_10. Establishing Successful Family-Oriented Primary Care Partnerships with Pediatricians_x000D_11. From Therapeutic Black Holes to Possibilities: Resolving Complex Child Treatment Dilemmas_x000D_12. Collaborative Strengths-Based Therapy and Beyond: Major Themes and Implications for the Future_x000D_

Matthew D. Selekman, MSW, LCSW, is a family therapist and addictions counselor in private practice and Director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, an international family therapy training and consulting firm in Skokie, Illinois. He is an Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Mr. Selekman served as the invited Henry Maier Practitioner-in-Residence at the School of Social Work of the University of Washington and is a three-time recipient of the Walter S. Rosenberry Award from Childrens Hospital Colorado for his significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. The author of numerous professional articles and seven books, including Working with High-Risk Adolescents and Collaborative Brief Therapy with Children, Mr. Selekman consults worldwide to schools and treatment programs serving adolescents and their families. Since 1985, he has given workshops extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. His website is www.partners4change.net.