Preventing suicide : the solution focused approach / John Henden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henden, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Prevention.

Suicide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Summary:

New edition of an acclaimed manual which uses the solution focused approach to take an empathetic and validating approach to working with individuals considering suicide. * Offers invaluable guidance for suicide prevention by showing "what works" in treating those struggling with suicidal thoughts * Provides straightforward ways to deal frankly with the subject of suicide, along with a range of tools and techniques that are helpful to clients * Includes actual dialogue between practitioners and clients to allow readers to gain a better understanding of how to work with suicidal clients * Compares and contrasts a ground-breaking approach to suicide prevention with more traditional approaches to risk assessment and management * Features numerous updates and revisions along with brand new sections dealing with the international landscape, blaming the suicided person, Dr Alys Cole-King's 'Connecting with People', and telephone work with the suicidal, Human Givens Therapy, and zero suicide

Contents:

About the author

Foreword

Acknowledgments

How to use this book

The book?s : style and purpose

Defining suicide and self-harm

Current service provision : risk assessment, management and medication

Other approaches to helping the suicidal

What is solution focused brief therapy?

Suicide encounters : the crucial first ten minutes

The solution focused approach in working with the suicidal

Case study : reg and "the demons calling from the deep"

Some more case vignettes

Connecting with people and the shift towards suicide mitigation

Working on the phone with the suicidal person

Blaming those who take their lives

International solution focused applications to suicide prevention

Zero suicides : should this be our goal?

Where do we go from here?

Appendix 1 flow diagram for an episode of treatment

Appendix 2: specialist solution focused training workshops

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119162940

1119162947

9781787851382

1787851389

9781119162933

1119162939

9781119162926

1119162920

OCLC:

971547277