Solution-Focused Parenting Groups: An Empirical Study

Zimmerman, Toni Schindler; Jacobsen, R. Brooke; MacIntyre, Marilyn; Watson, Cathy

doi:10.1521/jsyt.1996.15.4.12

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“…Zimmerman, Jacobsen, MacIntyre, and Watson (1996) evaluated the effects of a solution‐focused parenting group on parenting skills and perceived family strengths. Parents experiencing difficulties with their adolescents' behavior were recruited through a newspaper advertisement and respondents were randomly assigned to an experimental (N = 30) or wait‐list control (N = 12) group.…”

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Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy: A Review of the Outcome Research*

2000

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Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a new and increasingly used therapeutic approach that focuses on helping clients construct solutions rather than solve problems. The approach evolved in a clinical context amid many anecdotal reports of success from both therapists and clients, but it has not been subjected to controlled empirical testing until very recently. In this article we critically review all of the controlled outcome studies of SFBT to date (N = 15) to assess the extent to which SFBT has received empirical support. Five studies were well-controlled and all showed positive outcomes--four found SFBT to be better than no treatment or standard institutional services, and one found SFBT to be comparable to a known intervention: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT). Findings from the remaining 10 studies, which we consider moderately or poorly controlled, were consistent with a hypothesis of SFBT effectiveness. We conclude that the 15 studies provide preliminary support for the efficacy of SFBT but do not permit a definitive conclusion. Our critique highlights areas where methodology in future studies can be strengthened to provide more conclusive evidence of SFBT efficacy.

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Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy: A Review of the Outcome Research*

2000

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“…Several authors have described the usefulness of SFBT with alcoholics and drug abusers (Berg & Miller, 1992; Berg & Reuss, 1997; Juhnke & Coker, 1997; Mason, Chandler, & Grasso, 1995; McCollum & Trepper, 2001; Miller & Berg, 1995). In addition, several clinicians have applied SFBT to group therapy for substance abuse (LaFountain & Garner, 1996; Metcalf, 1998; Pichot & Dolan, 2003; Springer, Lynch, & Rubin, 2000; Zimmerman, Jacobsen, MacIntyre, & Watson, 1996; Zimmerman, Prest, & Wetzel, 1997). Using SFBT in a group format allows clinicians to serve more individuals efficiently.…”

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“…Their conclusions stated that 36% of SF clients improved significantly after only two sessions whereas only 2% of the control group improved after two sessions. Other studies have shown that clients significantly benefit from SFBT (Cockburn, Thomas, & Cockburn, 1997; Lindforss & Magnusson, 1997; Seagram, 1997; Zimmerman et al., 1996), but more research is still needed.…”

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Solution‐Focused Group Therapy for Level 1 Substance Abusers

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Trepper

Wetchler

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J Marital Family Therapy

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The present study compared solution-focused group therapy (SFGT) with a traditional problem-focused treatment for level 1 substance abusers. Outcome research on the effectiveness of solution-focused group therapy is minimal, especially in treating substance abusers. In the present study, clients were measured before and after treatment to determine therapeutic effectiveness. Clients in the solution-focused group significantly improved on both the Beck Depression Inventory and the Outcome Questionnaire. The clients in the comparison group did not improve significantly on either measure. Therapist skill level and adherence to theoretical models were measured in each group to reduce confounding variables.

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“…When establishing the solution-focused model as a distinct approach to treatment, de Shazer and his colleagues (de Shazer, 1985(de Shazer, , 1988de Shazer & Molnar, 1984) used empirical data to substantiate the development of specific strategies. Since that time, a number of studies have examined the effectiveness of solutionfocused therapy (see, for example, Beyerbach, Morejon, Palenzuela, & Rodriguez-Arias, 1996;Cockburn, Thomas, & Cockburn, 1997;Gingerich & Eisengart, 2000;Lindforss & Magnusson, 1997;Zimmerman, Jacobsen, MacIntyre, & Watson, 1996;Zimmerman, Prest, & Wetzel, 1997). Less empirical research has been done to support the efficacy of the narrative approach to practice.…”

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The Influence of Diversity in Clinical Supervision: A Framework for Reflective Conversations and Questioning

Gray

Smith

2009

The Clinical Supervisor

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This article introduces an approach to supervision that enhances the supervisor's cultural responsiveness and attention to the influence of diversity. Organized around postmodern and constructivist perspectives, the conceptual intersections of solution-focused and narrative approaches set the stage for a supervisory process characterized by reflective conversations and questions, or RCQ. This orientation highlights the multiplicity, contextuality, and active co-construction of meaning in the supervisory conversation aimed at helping supervisees to become more critical, intentional, reflexive, and socially just in their work. We describe strategies to identify the supervisee's personal qualities and skills that could be accessed in order to foster competent practice. An actual supervision case is used to illustrate this framework.Imagine for a moment that you are Consuela Costa, the supervisor for Nathalie Sant Jean. Nathalie is a 26-year-old Haitian woman who immigrated to the United States about 15 years ago. She is a recent graduate of a counseling program, a delight to supervise, and clearly enjoys her work counseling children in an agency contracted to provide services to children needing foster care placement. Nathalie seems eager to improve her clinical skills and develop greater professional expertise; an example of this eagerness is that she usually comes to supervision with a list of questions and is open

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Solution-Focused Parenting Groups: An Empirical Study

Cited by 65 publications

References 9 publications

Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy: A Review of the Outcome Research*

Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy: A Review of the Outcome Research*

Solution‐Focused Group Therapy for Level 1 Substance Abusers

The Influence of Diversity in Clinical Supervision: A Framework for Reflective Conversations and Questioning

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