If we are not “changing” our clients, then what are we doing? In this video I address this common question and explain how SFBT respectfully accomplishes change.
Why the Solution Focused Approach is a hard question to answer. If you ask 10 Solution Focused professionals you’ll likely get 10 different responses. The truth is, the facts lay somewhere in the middle and are also all correct. In […]
There is a Japanese art form that takes something broken and transforms it into something beautiful. Hearing about this made me think of the Solution Focused Brief Therapy and the way we treat people. This video is all about a […]
I am constantly working to understand how SFBT works and what it is about this approach that makes it effective. This is important to me because I want to passionately teach this approach in the most effective way, so attendees […]
This approach is so much more than just the techniques. Many people in our field inaccurately believe they can learn the techniques and thus will have mastery of the approach. This is a recipe for disaster, and I was watching […]
Whenever we learn a new skill it is hard to use the new skill fluently. At times we look robotic or overly technical but the task is always to become so comfortable with new skill that you can use while […]
In this video I attempt the unimaginable, letting the viewer inside my head to see what thoughts guide a Solution Focused session. Doing this sort of work is challenging and requires different thinking than other problem focused therapies. In this […]
This week I worked with a couple that reminded me of an important lesson. It occurred during their second session, which started off kind of rocky. Then, amazing happened and I had a realization. In this video I share what hit me […]
This work is tough, there is no doubt. We talk to clients when they are really struggling and, in some cases, they don’t even want to be talking to us. In other cases, the strengths we are supposed to highlight […]
For some reason many people in our field struggle to believe that the Solution Focused Approach does not work as a stand alone approach. This stance drives me crazy because so many professionals hold it even though there is a […]
