TY - BOOK AU - Ouer,Rebekka TI - Solution-focused brief therapy with the LGBT community: creating futures through hope and resilience SN - 9781138819573 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Psychotherapy, brief KW - Solution-focused therapy KW - Homosexuality KW - Sexuality KW - Bisexuality KW - Transsexualism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The LGBT community -- SFBT & the LGBT community -- The hopeful LGBT client : eliciting a destination description -- Connecting with and getting to know your LGBT client -- The preferred future -- Scaling -- Feedback, homework & closing the initial session -- Subsequent sessions N2 - Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with the LGBT Community is a practical guide for mental health professionals who wish to increase their therapeutic skills and work more effectively with LGBT clients. This book shows how to help clients reach their goals in tangible, respectful ways by identifying and emphasizing the hope, resources, and strength already present within this population. Readers will increase their knowledge about the practical application of SFBT through case examples and transcripts, modified directly from the author’s work with the LGBT community, and by learning more about the miracle question, exceptions, scaling, compliments, coping, homework, and more ER -