Ben Furman
Ben Furman is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, trainer of solution- focused psychotherapy, and author. He has written several books on mental well-being and psychotherapy.
Ben Furman is one of the developers of the Kids’ Skills method.
Rights to Kids’ Skills (Muksuoppi, Tammi 2003, 184 pages) and/or Kids’ Skills in Action (Muksuopin lumous, Tammi 2010, 158 pages) sold to e.g. English (Australia), Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
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Written by Ben Furman
Enjoy Your Life Again
Solution-focused self-help for recovering from depression, burnout and adversity.
Change your negative feelings into positive ones, and enjoy your life again!
Recent scientific study has shown that psychotherapy is equally good or better at treating depression than medication. There are many clinically proven and effective methods of psychotherapy. One of them is solution focused therapy.
In this book internationally renowned expert of solution-focused psychotherapy, psychiatrist Ben Furman makes the methods of solution-focused therapy accessible to a wider public.
The self-help assignments of the book will help you, whatever the cause of your depression or sadness may be, to recover and to regain your ability to enjoy your life again. The assignments are however not only useful for those who are unhappy but everyone interested in improving the quality of their life.
Written by Ben Furman
Kids’ Skills in action
Rights sold: English (Australia), German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Estonian
Kids’ Skills is a revolutionary way of helping children to work through a range of psychological problems. Relying on an abundance of case stories gathered from around the globe, the book explains how the Kids’ Skills method can be applied to solving various problems children face.
The book starts off by presenting the fifteen steps of the Kids’ Skills program and illustrating them with the aid of real-life examples. The reader can begin executing his or her own program with a child based on the guidelines provided in the book.
The book also presents ideas for working with groups of chil- dren as well as entire school classes or even an entire school. The results of Kids’ Skills show that when children are approached in a manner empha- sizing respect and cooperation, they in turn can dem- onstrate the desire and capacity to resolve their own problems.
Kids’ Skills has been translated into ten languages, and this second Kids’ Skills book has already been sold to several countries!
Written by Ben Furman
Kids’ Skills
Rights sold: English (Australia), French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Complex), Japanese, Korean, Estonian
With the help of Kids’ Skills, problems are trans- formed into goals that are possible to achieve!
Developed by psychiatrist Ben Furman and his colleagues on a foundation of brief therapy principles, Kids’ Skills is a unique problem-solving method for children. Kids’ Skills has achieved great popularity around the globe in just a few years, its positivity winning over adults and children alike.
In this easy-to-read work, Furman uses numerous case stories to make Kids’ Skills accessible to everyone.
Bestseller!
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