{"product_id":"hope-in-action-heather-fiske-9780789033949","title":"Hope in Action: Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide","description":"Respectful and effective solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for suicidal clients \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew tasks are more important-and daunting-than to help someone who is suicidal to go beyond the darkness of hopelessness to the light of hope. \u003cem\u003eHope in Action: Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique resource providing fresh approaches to treating individuals and families where suicide is an issue. This comprehensive book provides a thorough grounding in using a solution-focused therapy approach to elicit and reinforce hope and reasons for living. Strategies are demonstrated with stories, case vignettes, and transcripts. Special applications include some of the most challenging high-risk clients that therapists treat, including people who make repeated attempts. This powerful resource offers a set of practice principles based on the existing empirical evidence in the context of clinical utility and client expertise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHope in Action: Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e provides case transcripts to help in role-play or rehearsal situations as well as numerous practical tips. The book also provides lists of solution-focused questions for use in various situations, including suicide crisis, the use of anti-depressant medications, facilitation of collaborative working relationships with colleagues as well as clients. Each application chapter gives therapists practical, hands-on tools and uses stories and illustrations to make the book user-friendly. The text also offers a brief appendix on the basic skills of SFBT. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTopics discussed in\u003cem\u003e Hope in Action: Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e include: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ecurrent knowledge about preventing suicide at the individual level \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehelping clients to utilize their strengths even when they are in crisis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow research in diverse areas supports the solution-focused approach \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeffective treatment for couples and families when one member is suicidal \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebasic approaches to effective therapy with young children and teens who have attempted suicide \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erespectful, effective therapy with people who seem to have adopted being suicidal as their primary coping strategy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etherapeutic tools that help the therapist to stay hopeful about clients and strengthen the therapeutic relationship \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cem\u003eHope in Action: Solution-Focused Conversations About Suicide\u003c\/em\u003e is a valuable resource for counselors and therapists at every experience level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Fiske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0789033941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780789033949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.87h x 6.05w x 0.75d","brand":"Heather Fiske","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149196030207,"sku":"9780789033949","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a988117b-c0f5-4991-a547-cdb83e666173.jpg?v=1688455354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hope-in-action-heather-fiske-9780789033949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}