Solution Focused Brief Therapy

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This paper examines the number of systematic steps in solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), which is based on a sustained client relationship rather than the problem itself. The author points out that Steve de Shazer designed the therapy to focus on patient's previous experiences, methods and means of problem solving. The paper explains that, in SFBT, the patient and therapist establish a relationship based on knowledge learned through questions and interviewing during sessions held to establish goals for treatment. The author relates that a miracle question is used in the therapy to assist the patient in evaluating thinking habits and to offer a solution based on alternative circumstances.

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"Scaling questions are very effective when working with children. Children are very visually motivated so the use of visual aids helps the child in placing images with their thoughts and words. The third type of question is known as the "exception finding questions'. The thoughts of SFBT teach that when a problem occurs in an individual life that there is always an exception. The therapist attempts to have the patient find the exception, or circumstances and specific happenings that surround the problem. The importance of understanding the "exceptions" of the problem is that the patient can compare and change the events for the future."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cepeda, L., & Davenport, D. (2006). Person-Centered Therapy And Solution-Focused Brief Therapy : An Integration Of Present And Future Awareness. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 43(1), 1-12.
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• Hoyt, M. June 1996. Brief Therapy and Managed Care: Readings for Contemporary Practice. New York: Wiley.
• Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. April 2006. Steve De Shazer and The Future of Solution - Focused Therapy. 21 November 2006. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3658/is_200604/ai_n16350858/pg_5
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