Dying Well Insoo Kim Berg Summary

Pattern of Questioning In “Dying Well” Insoo Kim Berg uses solution-generating questions (the miracle questions) which is an important aspect of solution-focused therapy (Gehart, 2014). Insoo Kim Berg starts out with questions about the problem area where she asks her client what they would like to see happen by coming her today. The client responded with a few problems, wanting to get rid of all the abuse and let it go, seeing her mom and dying well (being in peace). Insoo Kim Berg continues to ask her client about her problems to generate a solution and figure out what was personally important to her. Once Insoo Kim Berg figured out what was meaningful to the client she asked the miracle question of “some sort of miracle happens while
Through the solution-focused therapy used by the therapist the client was able to sort through all the abuse she had suffered and her mother leaving her life. The client realizes that just talking about the abuse would allow her to let it go. The client also learns from the session she is a lot stronger than she thought and is able to find her own way. The session allowed the client to also realize that her overall concern of dying well had to do with how others viewed her especially her mother. For the client to die in peace she had to know that her mother thought of her as a good person meaning she wanted her mother to know that she did try, gave up drugs and found somewhere to live. At the end of the session the client had a better perspective of what dying well meant to her and how to go about dying in peace. The client left the session knowing she was a good person that she was capable of finding her own way in life and contacting her mother would allow her to die in
By identifying the client’s competencies, strengths and resources used to solve problems and reach goals the therapist would be able to work collaboratively with the client to reach solutions that are successful. So for the therapist to reinforce competency, hope, empowerment and a sense of strength the discussions focus on strengths, solutions and change talk. Therefore the use of the recovery model aspects with solution-focused therapy would allow the client to use personal strengths towards solving problems and treatment would be successful (Gehart,