Every single day, more than 100 people emailing me, asking me questions about how to use Solution Focused Brief Therapy. They ask me about the approach. They ask me about clients they’re working with. They ask me about books to […]
This question is one of the worst questions a therapist can ask, and what’s interesting is that so many of us have used it before. Let’s talk about what this question is, and why it can do way more harm […]
It sucks to say this, especially because I wish it weren’t true, but there are an overwhelming amount of therapists who are not good at their job because of one glaring weakness- the inability to access true empathy without using […]
I know it sounds crazy but you’ve got to trust me, believing your clients is not only the biggest pitfall you can face in a therapy session but it’s also a big obstacle to their own progress. Let’s break down […]
I personally feel that in the realm of therapy, giving people a diagnosis tends to make their lives worse, and I hate it because really we mainly use it to give insurance a reason to cover their care, and that’s […]
We don’t want to start anything among our fellow therapists, but we’ve gotta say, when it comes to the most efficient way to do therapy, especially in today’s times, SFBT is the best method available, and we’ve got the proof […]
As Therapists it’s easy for us to get really busy. Between seeing clients, taking notes and sometimes even running our own practices, we often neglect and take for granted our health, and it can cost us everything! I got a […]
SFBT is an approach that natively focuses on our Client’s Desired Outcome, so it doesn’t surprise me when people get confused that we’re not focused on the “Problem”. Let me break down why focusing on the Desired Outcome actually triggers […]
No matter what form of therapy you practice the most instrumental key to doing good therapy with a client will always be Hope. Without accessing a client’s hopes we have nothing to draw from to help them activate change and […]
We ALL have Biases, whether we want to admit it or not but we have to start acknowledging our own biases as therapists and as people before we cause harm to someone looking for healing. Let’s talk about how to […]
