Solution Focused therapy (SFT) is becoming an important method that is being used in working with individuals and families‚ an approach to psychotherapy. SFT is a type of therapy that focuses on solution-building with the client instead of discussing problems like other types of approaches do. Solution focus is a strength’s perspective method and has a short duration. This type of therapy focuses on holding the client responsible for the exploring strengths‚ learning to cope‚ and making it a solution
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Introduction The video on solution-focused therapy was highly intriguing. It was apparent that Ms. Insoo Kim Berg was a very skilled professional‚ and she utilized the solution-focused therapy to help empower her clients to build their own solution to their problems. I felt it was amazing that after one session‚ the clients were able to recognize the necessary changes and were willing to work in the direction of positive change. Ms. Insoo Kim Berg conducted the therapy in such a way that the clients
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What is unique about Solution Focused Brief Therapy? What is unique about Solution Focused Brief Therapy is that it focuses on the individual’s strengths and possibilities not their limitations and weakness. The therapy has no interested in gaining understanding of the problem‚ instead this therapy is geared toward helping individual clients look forward and use his/her own strengths to achieve their goals. This therapy also focuses on finding out what individuals are doing that is working and
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Working with this client in particular‚ Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) are two Evidence Based Practices which would be useful in engaging the client in treatment to address both the client/family concerns and probation/court concerns. SFT would be beneficial in identifying and building upon the client/family strengths. CRT would assist in supporting the client address barriers related to race and culture. Keeping in mind that treatment is court mandated‚ due to its
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Leon also is affected by depression but‚ he usually forgets to take his medication which has a negative affect on his employability. In relation to this issue‚ I would use the solution-focused therapy. Solution-focused therapy‚ also known as brief therapy was introduced in the 1980’s in the United States. It focuses on delivering a client-centred approach and aims to be non-judgmental‚ avoiding assumptions. I would make sure I speak to Leon and what he wants to do
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case study. The counselor will work with solution-focused because it is a brief treatment. The client will use their personal strength to accomplish their goal. The counselor will support the client while in treatment and provide techniques to the client to use. Solution- focused theory makes it the most appropriate for the client in the case study because it will use the client personal strengths to find solutions to the client’s problem. Solution-focused is the most appropriate to use because
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Solution-focused therapy takes a different approach to helping people with their presenting problems. Here‚ it is believed that people do not necessarily have to know the causes of their issues in order to change (Nichols‚ 2013). They‚ instead‚ are capable of behaving effectively‚ however‚ are hindered by their negative mindset (Nichols‚ 2013). According to Nichols (2013)‚ solution-focused therapists believe that people need to make slight alterations to their perspective about their problems to
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If given the opportunity to choose which techniques with Solution-Focused Brief Therapy‚ I would like to use within my work setting‚ I would choose scaling and miracle questioning. “Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a future-focused‚ goal oriented therapeutic approach to brief therapy” (Corey‚ 2013‚ pg 400). Being that solution focus on therapy as being very short term and brief‚ I feel that it is beneficial within a school setting. Also‚ there is a greater possibility the school I attend
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) was developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg and their colleagues beginning in the late 1970’s in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. The entire solution-focused approach was developed inductively in an inner city outpatient mental health service setting in which clients were accepted without previous screening (Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy‚ n.d.). The developers of SFBT spent hundreds of hours observing therapy sessions over the course of several years‚ carefully
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Planning family holidays is a particular challenge for the millions of divorced families out there. In fact‚ one out of three Americans is part of a blended family (and I suspect the statistics are similar for Canadians). Divorced families face an even bigger challenge with holiday planning with children shuttling back and forth between mom’s house and dad’s house. There are all those logistical questions. Whose turn is it to have the children for Christmas morning? What if both parents are having
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