Solution-focused family therapy with ethnic minority clients

This article describes a solution-focused approach to working with ethnic m inority families. Solution-focused therapy is a brief, time-limited approac h with an emphasis on strengths and resources rather than pathology and def icits (Berg, 1994; de Shazer, 1988; O'Hanlon & Weiner-Davis, 1989). Assumpt ions of the model will be delineated and illustrated with case examples fro m African-American and Mexican-American families who have been referred for child behavior problems.