A brief history of the solution-focused approach
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Here is a list of people who have been important to the development of the solution-focused approach. This approach emerged in psychotherapy but is now applied in many fields like coaching and (change) management.
Music: Ry Cooder, Acoustic Blues from the album ‘Les Copeland’ (1999)
Duration : 0:3:4
Watch internationally renowned cognitive-behavioral therapist Donald Meichenbaum demonstrate a brief, effective approach for treating clients who suffer the co-morbid disorders of anxiety and depression. Combining footage from numerous reenacted sessions from a 12-course of therapy with commentary by Dr. Meichenbaum, this video will teach you effective cognitive-behavioral skills.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (or cognitive behavior therapy, CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to influence dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure. CBT can be seen as an umbrella term for therapies that share a theoretical basis in behavioristic learning theory and cognitive psychology, and that use methods of change derived from these theories.[1].