Might thinking be over-rated as an activity? What are we doing when we sit with people, whether in therapy, coaching or counselling?
'Don't think, but observe.'
Posted on 07 September 2016
Posted on 07 September 2016
Might thinking be over-rated as an activity? What are we doing when we sit with people, whether in therapy, coaching or counselling?
Posted on 15 August 2016
‘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
Posted on 05 August 2016
‘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)
Posted on 25 July 2016
Henri-Frederic Amiel puts these two words, respect and humility, both key to Solution Focused practitioners together. They spark off some interesting thoughts.
Posted on 11 July 2016
Is the taxi-driver analogy useful in high-lighting some of the key features of the Solution Focused approach? At BRIEF we think so.
Posted on 08 June 2016
Does Solution Focused Brief Therapy have a theory of change and if we do does that theory of change adequately serve our purposes? Evan briefly explores this question inspired by Mark McKergow's workshop at the 2016 UKASFP Conference in Swansea.
Posted on 01 June 2016
As our thinking about what goes on in solution focused conversations has changed so has the way that we end conversations.
Posted on 24 May 2016
Does the idea 'solution focus is a positive approach' help us in our practice?
Posted on 12 May 2016
If we think of the concept of 'resistance' as a 'metaphor' rather than a 'reality', just a way of describing what we might be seeing, then it is reasonable to ask the question 'is it a useful metaphor?'
Posted on 20 April 2016