Solution-Focused Therapy: Steve De Shazer And Insoo Kim Berg

Solution-Focused Therapy Solution- Focused Therapy is a model that is goal oriented. The desired target of treatment is to find a solution to the problem, rather than focusing on the problem itself. Solution-focused therapy was founded in the early 1090s at the Brief Family Therapy Family Center, which was located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two of the leading founders for this technique were Steve de Shazer, and Insoo Kim Berg. They believed that if the therapist and client worked together to set goals that will help the client achieve a future he or she desire. The therapist should encourage the client to focus on their future circumstances, while regaining power over past experiences. Regaining power over past experience is possible by highlighting
Coping questions are used to motivate and create hope for the client. Therapist use coping questions when clients discuss crisis in their lives. Insoo Kim Berg asked the client multiple coping questions during their sessions. She pointed out to the client how hard it had to be for her to stop her drug use. She asked the client how was she able to do this. When the client spoke about being abused and mistreated by her family and pimp as well as the hospitals and social works Insoo Kim Berg once again asked her how she managed to survive and keep going. The client at first answered with she didn’t know and then later stated she had to survive. She did whatever it took. Insoo Kim Berg called the client strong, tough, brave and a few other words that empowered the client. At the end the client stated she never thought of it like that but she guess she is strong. I felt this was powerful because from the start of the session the client spoke about being ill and weak. She often stated that she wasn’t strong enough to handle talking about her past, but by asking her coping questions Insoo Kim Berg was able to show the client that she is capable of handle whatever comes her way if she
The way that she would ask the question would change in wording, but the question was the same. For example Insoo Kim Berg asked the client how talking her situation out would be helpful? The client response was “if she faced her problems she will be okay.” Insoo Kim Berg followed that question with several more that built off the first one. The client’s response to one of the follow up questions was that she will be able to go home and see her mother. Insoo Kim Berg then asked her how that would be helpful. The client started to give a deeper response to the questions. She stated that when she left she was doing drugs and homeless, but now she has a place to stay and she is drug free. Insoo Kim Berg went on to ask the client what does her mother knowing this information will do for the client. After asking this question a few more times the client kept giving answers that stated she wanted to please her mother and show her how well she was doing. She initially stated that she didn’t want to get back at her but she wanted her mother to know what she been through and that she was doing well. The client felt that letting her mother and family seeing her doing well will show them that she wasn’t a terrible person despite what they thought and told her. The client has not identified how this would be helpful to her. Insoo Kim Berg once more asked the client what will be