Too often we let the negative things about ourselves become our truth. This means the task for any successful therapy is to help the client redefine themselves in more positive ways.
I am often asked by people interested in learning Solution Focused Brief Therapy what are the keys to using this effectively. My answer is usually surprising. Here is a video with my response. Please share and comment, I’d love to […]
Many years ago, I decided to become a counselor because I wanted to help people. It was in graduate school when I was introduced to the Solution Focused Approach that my professional passion on how to help people was lit. […]
The more I practice Solution Focused Brief Therapy the more amazed I am by the clients I get to see. I’m not just amazed by their resilience and the way the deal with problems and all of that; what I […]
In my 10 years of working with clients, the one thing that has stood out to me the most is how amazing people are and how they are able to use their amazing skills to overcome even the most challenging […]
During one of my first international speaking trips, I had the great pleasure of meeting one of the developers of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Eve Lipchik. During that first conversation she said something that impacted me significantly, the sort of […]
It has often been said that the Solution Focused Approach is easy to learn but hard to do, and I would have to agree. Thinking back to the time when I was introduced to SFBT, there has always been something […]
While teaching a course recently, one of the attendees asked me what I thought was the most important ingredient to becoming effective with the Solution Focused Approach. This person was wondering beyond just the techniques. She accurately understood that in […]
Among the most common questions about the Solution Focused Approach are those regarding how to conduct sessions after the first meeting. These questions usually come in 2 forms. The first is pragmatically about how to conduct sessions beyond the first […]
One of the most commonly asked questions about the Solution Focused Approach is, “how does this approach work with “deep seeded” or “underlying” issues. This stems from one of the biggest hesitations in using this approach being the fear of […]
