1. Epstein, L. and Brown, L. (2002) Brief Treatment and a New Look at the Task-centered Approach, 4th edn. (Boston: Allyn & Bacon).
2. Comprehensive framework for task-centred practice; addresses some of the issues in using this framework within contemporary practice contexts.
3. Gambrill, E. (1994) What’s in a name? Task-centered, empirical and behavioral practice. Social Service Review, 68(4), 578–99.
4. Extensive critique of the claims of task-centred practice. Draws attention to the commonalities between task-centred practice and behavioural therapies and criticizes the task-centred approach for its neglect of structural contributors to clients’ problems.
5. Hohman, M. (2012) Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice. (New York: Guilford Press).