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Problem to Solution
Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a counselling and consultation model developed in the 1980s. It shows how apparently chronic problems can be quidkly and effectively solved using client's own aptitudes abd strengths.
152 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
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April 14, 2017
I was privileged to recently attend a brief therapy course....for free( even better). Harvey Ratner taught it and afterwards, sorry Harvey, we were a bit naughty in repeating his oft quoted phrases and body postures. That said I suddenly felt here was something I could use, both at work and in my own life. I'm an optimistic sort, with a healthy amount of cynicism involved too. However this book, together with the course, changed the balance to more towards optimism and just a little, I think appropriate, cynicism. This was how I used to be. They say you return to your childhood eventually and I'm heading backwards and enjoying it.
Since then Ive got in a muddle with what to do when but have used some parts of this book in my work. Amazingly it seems to help and, without using the " miracle question" at all- mainly because I forgot-people improved....like in a miracle. I have no idea why, although my background in hypnosis and NLP leads me to suspect why.
The great thing is I no longer feel a need to know why. I've given the power back to the client, I hope, and they have moved on without acknowledging my help. The best accolade I think, according to the theory of brief therapy. At least that's what I think it says. Haha.
Anyway. The best bit about this book? Brevity. How can people talk about brief therapy and then write hundreds of pages about it. It seems a contradiction in terms. Maybe that's just me, lazy.
Great book for me, maybe not others. Thanks.
Since then Ive got in a muddle with what to do when but have used some parts of this book in my work. Amazingly it seems to help and, without using the " miracle question" at all- mainly because I forgot-people improved....like in a miracle. I have no idea why, although my background in hypnosis and NLP leads me to suspect why.
The great thing is I no longer feel a need to know why. I've given the power back to the client, I hope, and they have moved on without acknowledging my help. The best accolade I think, according to the theory of brief therapy. At least that's what I think it says. Haha.
Anyway. The best bit about this book? Brevity. How can people talk about brief therapy and then write hundreds of pages about it. It seems a contradiction in terms. Maybe that's just me, lazy.
Great book for me, maybe not others. Thanks.
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