Solution-Focused Therapy (also known as Solution-Focused Brief Therapy or SFBT) emphasizes identifying and building upon existing strengths and resources to create solutions rather than dissecting problems in-depth.
Key Points:
- Key Techniques:
- Miracle Question: “If a miracle happened and your problem was gone, what would be different?”
- Scaling Questions: Rating current situations or goals on a scale to measure progress.
- Exception Seeking: Finding instances where the problem was less severe or not present.
- Therapeutic Stance: Optimistic and future-oriented, focusing on small, achievable steps to instill hope and motivation.
- Applications: Brief counseling contexts (e.g., schools, crisis intervention) and longer-term therapy for a range of issues (anxiety, relationship conflicts).
