Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)

Solution-Focused Therapy (also known as Solution-Focused Brief Therapy or SFBT) emphasizes identifying and building upon existing strengths and resources to create solutions rather than dissecting problems in-depth.

Key Points:

• Key Techniques:
  • Miracle Question: “If a miracle happened and your problem was gone, what would be different?”
  • Scaling Questions: Rating current situations or goals on a scale to measure progress.
  • Exception Seeking: Finding instances where the problem was less severe or not present.
• Therapeutic Stance: Optimistic and future-oriented, focusing on small, achievable steps to instill hope and motivation.
• Applications: Brief counseling contexts (e.g., schools, crisis intervention) and longer-term therapy for a range of issues (anxiety, relationship conflicts).