How to use solution-focused therapy with children and adolescents. Preface ix Introduction xiii What is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy 1(12) The Basics of SFBT 1(3) SFBT Versus Traditional Play Therapy 4(2) Problem-Solving Assumptions and Procedures 6(1) Thinking Out of the Box 7(1) Cultural Competence 8(5) Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Children: A Natural Fit 13(7) Learning Children's Ways 13(3) Assumptions We Hold in Working with Children and Parents 16(4) It's a Matter of Technique 20(12) Exception-Finding Questions 21(1) Scaling Questions 21(2) Miracle Questions 23(1) Coping Questions 24(1) Details, Details, and More Details: Expansion and Follow-Up 25(1) Thinking Break 26(1) Ways to Organize Your Reflections 27(1) Second and Subsequent Sessions 28(4) Assessing Your Clients, Agreeing on Goals 32(16) Assessing the Child 33(2) Assessing the Family 35(5) Children Who Do Not Respond Quickly 40(1) Goal Negotiations: Guide for Successful Outcome 41(7) Let's Get To It! 48(20) Getting Started 48(17) Networking with Other Professionals 65(3) Communicating with Children on Their Own Terms 68(49) Provide a Comfortable Setting 68(3) Children as Solution Finders 71(3) Naming and Visualizing the Change 74(4) Working with Hand Puppets 78(3) Stories 81(8) Drawing Pictures 89(10) Games and Playing 99(6) Scaling 105(3) Experiments 108(3) Do Something Different 111(3) Do More 114(3) Treating Children with Uncommon Needs 117(66) Assessing a Child with Uncommon Needs 118(4) Solutions for Difficult Situations 122(4) Assessment as Intervention 126(1) Frequently Asked Questions 127(56) Making a Difference with Teenagers 183(47) A Glimpse into Adolescence 184(1) Differences Between Childhood and Adolescence 185(7) Beginning Therapy with Adolescents 192(3) Simple Rules for Parents 195(9) Involuntary Clients 204(18) Treating Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders 222(8) Looking from the Therapist's Chair 230(11) Postscript 241(2) Appendix 243(2) References 245(2) Index 247