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Solution-focused (brief) therapy (SFBT) [1] [2] is a goal-directed collaborative approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients' responses to a series of precisely constructed questions. [3]
Mastering the Art of Solution-Focused Counseling is a 2006 book by Jeffrey Guterman that describes the theory and practice of solution-focused counseling. [1] [2] [3] The first edition of the book was published in 2006 by the American Counseling Association. An updated and expanded second edition of the book was published by the American ...
Alongside the popular development of the practical application of solution-focused therapy, its theoretic foundation has been the topic of research in an academic context. The academic discipline of solution-focused applied psychology (SoFAP) [ citation needed ] uses the methodology offered by design science to investigate the epistemology that ...
Michele Weiner-Davis is a licensed clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist [1] and author in the field of family therapy.She is frequently quoted in the media and has been interviewed significantly on television news programs regarding divorce prevention. [2]
Brief therapy differs from other schools of therapy in that it emphasizes (1) a focus on a specific problem and (2) direct intervention. In brief therapy, the therapist takes responsibility for working more pro-actively with the client in order to treat clinical and subjective conditions faster.
Steve de Shazer (June 25, 1940, Milwaukee – September 11, 2005, Vienna) was a psychotherapist, author, and developer and pioneer of solution focused brief therapy.In 1978, he founded the Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife Insoo Kim Berg.
In another class, he filled out a worksheet asking him to identify his favorite color and other favorite things that might help him relate to other addicts. Despite the story the records tell of Patrick’s generally happy disposition and his willingness to role-play his way to sobriety, he still hadn’t shed the self-doubt he had carried with ...
The Brief Therapy practice [25] teaches a solution focused approach based on the work of Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg which uses the concepts of respectful curiosity, the preferred future, recognition of strengths and resources, and the use of scaling to assist the practitioner to progress (described in [26]).