The Solution Focused Approach is all well and good, but it really works best if you make sure to add in this one idea. This is not often talked about but it truly a game changer when using this approach.
The Solution Focused Approach is a question based approach so thus, a professional using this approach must be proficient at asking questions throughout the session. In this short video I share the key using this approach without getting stuck without […]
The Miracle Question is one of the most important questions within the Solution Focused Approach. It is also commonly misunderstood, thus misused in session. In this video I talk about the true essence of the this question and how to […]
The Solution Focused Approach has often been described as being about what the client wants instead of being about the client. I’ve come to realize that is only partly true. This approach is about what the client wants but you […]
One of the commonly accepted metaphors used in the field of psychotherapy for learning new approaches and gaining new training is the idea of building a therapeutic toolbox. I have always struggled with this idea and have now gotten to […]
People are often asking me how can we solve a problem using the Solution Focused Approach if we are not focused on the details of the problem, or even talking about the problem at all. Since this is such a […]
One of the main critiques of the Solution Focused Approach is that when using this approach the professional ignores the client’s past. This criticism has never made sense to me as we clearly don’t ignore the past, we just attend […]
I have spent more than a decade working to become effective with the Solution Focused Approach. In that time, I have seen an uncountable amount of clients, traveled the world teaching other to use this approach, and have written a […]
The most obvious observation when observing a Solution Focused conversation is that the questions are central to this way of work. However, I think there is something even more central that is a bit harder to see but impacts all […]
Perhaps the most transformational thing about psychotherapy is it leaves a makr on a client, each approach does this in a different way but that is the purpose of the session. The Solution Focused Approach does this in a particular […]
