My Profile
I have worked in the Mental health, drug & alcohol fields since 1991:
- Young people's worker and manager in Greenwich.
- Young people's drug & alcohol service manager, Barnsley (The BARN).
- Advice & Counselling worker at the Angel Drug Project.
- DAT Joint Commissioning Manager (Barnsley).
- Solution Focused Psychotherapist (PCT Psychology Department).
I currently manage young people’s drug and alcohol services in Wakefield for CRI .
I have an M.A from Birmingham University in Solution Focused Brief Therapy, and have over 2,800 hours experience as a therapist.
I also have BA (Hons) in German, History and Religious Studies (Middlesex), and a Certificate in Substance Misuse: Education and Training (Roehampton).
Paul is also a member of the United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice and was on the National Committee.
Publications
Hanton. P. Skills in Solution Focused Brief Counselling & Psychotherapy, Sage, London, 2011
Hanton P. Outrageous moments in Therapy, 2010 in Nelson T.S. 2010 (ed.) Doing Something Different, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Practice, Routledge, New York.
Hanton. P. 'Solution-Focused Therapy in a problem-focused World', Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, Vol 9 No 2, April 2009, BACP
Solution Focused Brief Therapy with clients diagnosed as being moderately to severely depressed. Hanton P. Research Review of the United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice, Volume 1 - Issue 1 • 2008
Solution focused therapy with carers, Hanton. P. Solution News, the bulletin of the United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice Volume 3 (2), April 2008.
Hanton P. The Essential Drug Service Commissioner, DrugScope, London, 2006
MA. Dissertation,'An exploration of the effectiveness of using Solution Focused Brief Therapy with clients diagnosed as being moderately to severely depressed' University of Birmingham, 2005
The theory of not having theory in SFT (2005), in Solution News, the bulletin of the United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice, Vol. 1, issue 2, 2005
Young People's Substance Misuse Review : assessment of future needs, for Doncaster Drug Strategy Unit, 2005
Solution Focused Therapy and Substance Misuse (2003), in Handbook of Solution-Focused Therapy (2003), O'Connell W.J.& Palmer S. eds. Sage, London
'Treatment Toolkit', A review of publications related to treatment for substance misuse, for Drug Prevention Advisory Service, 2001.
Acknowledgements
Substance of Young Needs, 2001, Health Advisory Service, DoH, London http://www.drugs.gov.uk/publication-search/dpas/DPAS15.pdf?view=Binary
Evaluation of Drug Interventions Programme pilots for children and young people: arrest referral, drug testing and Drug Treatment and Testing Requirements:
Matrix Research and Consultancy and Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Kings College. Home Office Online Report 07/07 (member of expert panel). http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr0707.pdf