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Why does the language that we use when describing our work matter so much?

The quest to make something out of nothing has captivated human beings from time immemorial. How was it that Steve de Shazer succeeded where so many others failed.

Nothing tells us how we have to read things. We have a choice. How do we decide how to exercise that choice?

BRIEF has partnered with the Connie Institute to create a new organisation, BRIEF International. Both BRIEF and the Connie Institute will maintain their current work while BRIEF International will develop new, international opportunities for learning and exploring the Solution Focused approach.

Does SFBT just take emotions more seriously than other approaches?

The therapeutic alliance is often seen as crucial in bringing about change. How does the Solution Focused approach think about it?

Might thinking be over-rated as an activity? What are we doing when we sit with people, whether in therapy, coaching or counselling?

‘The goal is best thought of as some member of the class of ways that the therapist and the client will know that the problem is solved rather than any particular member of that class.’ Steve de Shazer Clues: Investigating Solutions in Brief Therapy

‘Several studies have shown that a belief in the disease model of addiction increases the probability of relapse. And that shouldn’t be surprising. If you think that you have a chronic disease, how hard are you going to work to get better?’ Marc Lewis (2016)

Henri-Frederic Amiel puts these two words, respect and humility, both key to Solution Focused practitioners together. They spark off some interesting thoughts.