Description
This highly accessible book presents clear steps for helping children and adolescents to develop and test out new solutions to specific social, emotional, or behavioral challenges. The author demonstrates how therapists of any orientation can implement problem solving as a stand-alone intervention or in combination with other therapeutic techniques. Extensive clinical examples illustrate what the approach looks like in action with kids of different ages; how it increases their confidence, independence, and resilience; and ways to involve parents. Strategies for overcoming frequently encountered obstacles to problem solving are highlighted throughout.
Chapter
Chapter 1--What Is Problem Solving?
Chapter 2--When and with Whom Can You Use Problem Solving?
Chapter 3--Step 1: Defining the Problem
Chapter 4--Step 2: Generating Alternative Solutions
Chapter 5--Step 3: Evaluating Alternatives and Making a Choice
Chapter 6--Step 4: Trying a New Solution
Chapter 7--Step 5: Following Up and Evaluating Outcomes
Chapter 8--Combining Problem Solving with Other Interventions
Chapter 9--Problem Solving in Groups
Chapter 10--Problem Solving with Parents and Families
Chapter 11--Troubleshooting