Solution-Based/Possibility Therapy Bibliography
Andersen, T. (Ed.). (1991). The reflecting team: Dialogues and dialogues about the dialogues. New York: Norton.

Anderson, H. (1997).
Conversation, language, and possibilities: A postmodern approach. New York: Basic Books.

Berg, I. K. (1994).
Family based services: A solution-focused approach. New York: Norton.

Berg, I. K., & Miller, S. D. (1992).
Working with the problem drinker: A solution-focused approach. New York: Norton.

Berg, I. K., & Reuss, N. H. (1998).
Solutions step by step: A substance abuse treatment manual. New York: Norton.

Bertolino, B. (1999).
Therapy with troubled teenagers: Rewriting young lives in progress. New York: Wiley.

Bertolino, B., & O'Hanlon, B. (Eds.). (1998).
Invitation to possibility-land: An intensive teaching seminar with Bill O'Hanlon. Bristol, PA.: Brunner/Mazel.

Bertolino, B., & Thompson, K. (in press).
The residential youth care worker in action: A collaborative, competency-based approach. New York:The Haworth Press.

Budman, S. H. (Ed.). (1981).
Forms of brief therapy. New York: Guilford.

Budman, S. H., Hoyt, M. F., & Friedman, S. (Eds.). (1992).
The first session in brief therapy. New York: Guilford.

Cade, B., & O'Hanlon, W. H. (1993).
A Brief guide to brief therapy. New York: Norton.

Cooper, J. F. (1995).
A primer of brief psychotherapy. New York: Norton.

Chevalier, A.J. (1995)
On the Client's Path: A Manual for the Practice of Brief Solution-Focused Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Chevalier, A.J. (1996)
On the Counselor's Path: A Guide to Teaching Brief Solution-Focused Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

De Jong, P., Berg, I. K. (1998).
Interviewing for solutions. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

de Shazer, S. (1982).
Patterns of brief family therapy: An ecosystemic approach. New York: Guilford.

de Shazer, S. (1985).
Keys to solution in brief therapy. New York: Norton.

de Shazer, S. (1988).
Clues: Investigating solutions in brief therapy. New York: Norton.

de Shazer, S. (1991).
Putting difference to work. New York: Norton.

de Shazer, S. (1994).
Words were originally magic. New York: Norton.

Dolan, Yvonne (1991)
Resolving Sexual Abuse. New York: Norton.

Duncan, B. L., Hubble, M. A., & Miller, S. D. (1997).
Psychotherapy with "impossible"cases: The efficient treatment of therapy veterans. New York: Norton.

Durrant, M. (1993).
Residential treatment: A cooperative, competency-based approach to therapy and program design. New York: Norton.

Durrant, M. (1995).
Creative strategies for school problems: Solutions for psychologists and teachers. New York: Norton.

Epston, D. (1989).
Collected papers. Adelaide, South Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.

Epston, D., & White, M. (1992).
Experience, contradiction, narrative, and imagination: Selected papers of David Epston and Michael White 1989-1991. Adelaide, South Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.

Eron, J. B., & Lund, T. W. (1996).
Narrative solutions in brief therapy. New York: Guilford.

Freedman, J., & Combs, G. (1996).
Narrative therapy: The social construction of preferred realities. New York: Norton.

Freeman, J., Epston, D., & Lobovits, D. (1997).
Playful approaches to serious problems: Narrative therapy with children and their families. New York: Norton.

Friedman, Steven & Fanger, M. T. (1991)
Expanding Therapeutic Possibilities: Getting Results in Brief Therapy. Lexington, MA: DC Heath.

Friedman, S. (Ed.). (1995).
The reflecting team in action: Collaborative practice in family therapy. New York: Guilford.

Friedman, S. (1997).
Time-effective psychotherapy: Maximizing outcomes in an era of minimized resources. Needham Heights, MA.: Allyn and Bacon.

Furman, B., & Ahola, T. (1992).
Solution talk: Hosting therapeutic conversations. New York: Norton.

Gilligan, S., & Price, R. (Eds.). (1993).
Therapeutic conversations. New York: Norton.

Hoffman, L. (1993).
Exchanging voices: A collaborative approach to family therapy. London: Karnac.

Hoyt, M. F. (Ed.). (1994).
Constructive therapies. New York: Guilford.

Hoyt, M. F. (1995).
Brief therapy and managed care: Readings for contemporary practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hoyt, M. F. (Ed.). (1996).
Constructive therapies 2. New York: Guilford.

Hoyt, M. F. (Ed.). (1998).
The handbook of constructive therapies. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hubble, M. A., Miller, S. D., & Duncan, B. L. (Eds.). (1999).
The heart and soul of change: What works in therapy. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Hudson, Patricia O. & O'Hanlon, William H. (1992)
Rewriting Love Stories: Brief Marital Therapy. New York: Norton

Lethem, Jane (1995)
Moved to Tears, Moved to Action: Solution-focused brief therapy with women and children. London: BT Press [17 Avenue Mansions, Finchley Rd., London NW3 7AX, UK].

Littrell, J. (1998).
Brief therapy in action. New York: Norton.

McNamee, S., & Gergen, K, J. (Eds.). (1992).
Therapy as social construction: Inquiries in social construction. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Metcalf, L. (1995).
Counseling toward solutions: A practical solution-focused program for Working with students, teachers, and parents. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Metcalf, L. (1997).
Parenting toward solutions: How parents can use skills they already have to raise responsible, loving kids. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Metcalf, L. (1998).
Solution-focused group therapy: Ideas for groups in private practice, schools, agencies, and treatment programs. New York: The Free Press.

Miller, G. (1997).
Becoming miracle workers: Language and meaning in brief therapy. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Miller, S. D., & Berg, I. K. (1995).
The miracle method: A radically new approach to problem drinking. New York: Norton.

Miller, S. D., Duncan, B. L., & Hubble, M. A. (1997).
Escape from Babel: Toward a unifying language for psychotherapy practice. New York: Norton.

Miller, S. D., Hubble, M. A., & Duncan, B. L. (Eds.). (1996).
Handbook of solution-focused brief therapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Monk, G., Winslade, J., Crocket, K., & Epston, D. (Eds.). (1997).
Narrative therapy in practice: The archaeology of hope. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Murphy, John J. (1997)
Solution-Focused Counseling in Middle and High Schools. Alexandria: American Counseling Association [5999 Stevenson Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304].

Murphy, J. J., & Duncan, B. L. (1997).
Brief intervention for school problems: Collaborating for practical solutions. New York: Guilford.

O'Hanlon, B., & Beadle, S. (1999).
A guide to possibility land: Fifty-one methods for doing brief, respectful therapy. New York: Norton.
[Originally published, 1994, as A field guide to possibilityland: Possibility therapy methods. Omaha, NE.: Possibility Press.]

O'Hanlon, B., & Bertolino, B. (1998).
Even from a broken web: Brief, respectful solution-oriented therapy for sexual abuse and trauma. New York: Wiley.

O'Hanlon, B., & Wilk, J. (1987).
Shifting contexts: The generation of effective psychotherapy. New York: Guilford.

O'Hanlon, S., & Bertolino, B. (Eds.). (in press).
Evolving possibilities: The selected papers of Bill O'Hanlon. Bristol, PA: Brunner/Mazel.

O'Hanlon, W. H., & Martin, M. (1992).
Solution-oriented hypnosis: An Ericksonian approach. New York: Norton.

O'Hanlon, Bill and Hudson, Pat (1996)
Stop Blaming, Start Loving. New York: Norton. [Original title in 1994 hardcover: Love is a Verb]

O'Hanlon, William H. (1987)
Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis. New York: Norton.

O'Hanlon, W. H., & Weiner-Davis, M. (1989 hardcover/2004 revised edition published in paper).
In search of solutions: A new direction in psychotherapy. New York: Norton.

Parry, A., & Doan, R. E. (1994).
Story re-visions: Narrative therapy in the postmodern world. New York: Guilford.

Quick, E. K. (1996).
Doing what works in brief therapy: A strategic solution-focused approach. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Rowan, T., & O'Hanlon, B. (1999).
Solution-oriented therapy for chronic and severe mental illness. New York: Wiley.

Schultheis, G. M. (1998).
Brief therapy homework planner. New York: Wiley.

Schultheis, G., O'Hanlon, B., & O'Hanlon, S. (1999).
Brief couples therapy homework planner. New York: Wiley.

Selekman, M. D. (1993).
Pathways to change: Brief therapy solutions with difficult adolescents. New York: Guilford.

Selekman, M. D. (1997).
Solution-focused therapy with children: Harnessing family strengths for systemic change. New York: Guilford.

Smith, C., & Nylund, D. (Eds.). (1997).
Narrative therapies with children and adolescents. New York: Guilford.

Talmon, M. (1990).
Single session therapy: Maximizing the effect of the first (and often only) therapeutic encounter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Walter, J. L., & Peller, J. E. (1992).
Becoming solution-focused in brief therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Webb, Willyn (1999)
Solutioning: Solution-Focused Interventions for Counselors. Philadelphia: Accelerated Development, a member of Taylor& Francis Group.

White, M. (1989).
Selected papers. Adelaide, South Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.

White, M. (1995).
Re-authoring lives: Interviews and essays. Adelaide, South Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.

White, M. (1997).
Narratives of therapists' lives. Adelaide, South Australia: Dulwich Centre Publications.

White, M., & Epston, D. (1990).
Narrative means to therapeutic ends. New York: Norton.

Zimmerman, J., & Dickerson, V. (1996).
If problems talked: Narrative therapy in action. New York: Guilford.

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