The Art of Solution Focused Therapy

Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) is a brief, goal-directed therapy that utilizes questions and scales to help clients determine their goals, and then reveal the behaviors needed for them to achieve or maintain further progress. Unlike other therapies, it holds an abiding belief in clients' abilities to know what is best for them (rather than have a therapist tell them) and to effectively plan how to get there. This book serves as an introduction to SFT, with in depth explanations of the origins, tenets, and common techniques associated with SFT. Experienced practitioners, all of whom use an SFT approach, present detailed narratives discussing what led them to select the SFT model. Each narrative addresses the following questions: how they discovered that Solution-Focused Therapy was the model that fit their clients' needs; how utilizing Solution Focused Therapy has impacted their work with clients; and, key personality traits that are shared amongst Solution Focused Practitioners.