Table of Contents

Part One: The Case for Change
Solution-focused Therapy: twenty years on
Ethics, Public Services and Practitioners' Responsibilities
The Solution-focused Helper: A conceptual model for health and social care professions

Part Two: Solution_focused Helping in Practice
The solution-focused helper working across cultures in a globalised world
The solution-focused helper working across the lifespan in learning disability services
The solution-focused helper working in primary, acute and specialist healthcare services
The solution-focused helper working with older people and in end-of-life care
The solution-focused helper working in community development and with groups

About the Author

Trish Walsh is a researcher and educator in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is also an independent social worker and trainer/consultant. Her doctoral research was on the introduction of solution-focused therapy to Irish practitioners, and she has published widely on its use.