Reviews for Do one thing different

The average rating for Do one thing different based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-02-19 00:00:00 William Gaines As a therapist who uses both Solution Focused Techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, there are some gems in this book to follow. However, I was nearly turned off by the oversell of SFT in the second chapter and general gimmickiness of it, which feeds into one of the criticisms of SFT, that it is so gimmicky. Yet what people who criticize SFT and people who initially start to practice it don't get is that is it NOT as easy as it sounds, and I think overselling how easy it is does a disservice both to SFT and to people who are expecting quick and easy changes. The next few chapters were good and highlighted concrete steps people could take, and showed one of the big strengths of SFT, which is not pathologizing people, such is the case with the man who believed he was being assaulted by a demon every night. As someone extremely familiar with sleep paralysis, this is likely what was happening to the man, and there is a long cultural history of people believing they are being visited by succubi, but it does not mean those people are "crazy" or need to be hospitalized and medicated. SFT allowed the therapist to find some culturally appropriate behavioral modifications to attempt that worked for the client. Attempting behavioral interventions first to see what works is a step that mental health services need to take before moving to medication, rather than medicating first. All the same, and my second criticism of SFT, is that while it is good for bringing about quick change, I often wondered how long lasting these changes were as I read through case study after case study in this book (and in follow up studies, CBT tends to bring about more lasting change than SFT). Which is why I tend to use SFT for extremely hostile, resistant clients or for people who need a quick intervention before moving on to something more sustaining. Towards the end it did seem like anecdote after anecdote, sometimes so rapidly moving from one case to another I got whiplash. I do think SFT works real well and comes very naturally to a certain group of people, so naturally that this group has a hard time understanding that a lot of other people have a hard time thinking that way, and overselling how easy it is to transform one's life using these methods causes frustration among those who don't think that way easily. Yet there are gems and some concrete stuff to do in the middle chapters that are good for people to know about.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-03 00:00:00 Randy Smith Some useful strategies.