Solution-Focused Applied Psychology

A Design Science Research Based Protocol

Louis Cauffman, Mathieu Weggeman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781000958959
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Education in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This book presents a research-based solution-focused applied psychology approach (SoFAP-P) that is efficient and effective in helping clients address challenges and can be applied to a wide range of psychological domains.

Lessons learned from preceding psychological models, including psychoanalysis, behavioral therapy, humanistic psychology, family systems therapy and the pioneering contributions of Milton Erickson and the groundbreaking solution-focused therapy of Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, culminate in this innovative SoFAP-P approach. Based on a thorough analysis of many solution-focused case studies, this tested and validated scientifically based protocol can be used as a learning guide to better understand the SoFAP-P, as well as the innovative qualitative methodology used to validate it. Cauffman and Weggeman show how this design science research (DSR) methodology is used to design, test and validate a generic set of actions that yield interventions to effectively apply to solution-focused client cases.

The book demonstrates the importance of SoFAP-P to both psychological science and society and offers a glimpse into its growing potential as an intervention model. Those interested in the field of DSR will benefit from the overview of one of the first applications of DSR methodology in the psychological sciences, as well as students and academics in applied psychology.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Endorsements Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Introduction on the Content by Prof. Dr. Peter de Jong
• Introduction on the Methodology by Prof. Dr. Ir. Joan van Aken
• Note from the Authors
• 1 Introducing a solution-focused applied psychology protocol (SoFAP-P)
• 2 Field problem and design objective
• 3 Empirical grounding of the SoFAP-P design
• 4 SoFAP-P: A solution-focused applied psychology protocol
• 5 Validating SoFAP-P
• Appendix A: SoFAP-P cases ex ante
• Appendix B: The four minimax decision rules in detail
• Appendix C: Use of building blocks in the SoFAP-P design
• Appendix D: Opinion survey among solution-focused applied psychology practitioners; questions and results
• Literature
• Acknowledgements
• Curriculum Vitae
• Author Index
• Subject Index