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Solution Focused Therapy: Key Principles and Case Example

By Dorlee 12 Comments

What is Solution Focused Therapy and how can it help your clients get unstuck? This comprehensive interview with Professor Denise J. Krause explores Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), an evidence-based practice equally effective as motivational interviewing. Learn the key Solution Focused Therapy techniques including the miracle question, scaling questions, exception questions, and goal formation. Discover how Solution Focused Therapy focuses on what IS working rather than problems, positioning clients as experts in their own lives. Includes a detailed case example applying Solution Focused Therapy to help a client struggling to find employment, plus the 10 essential principles every clinician should know. Solution Focused Therapy is particularly useful for “resistant” clients and can be applied in every modality, setting, and presenting problem.

Filed Under: Clinical Practice, Clinical Skills, Expert Interviews Tagged With: cognitive behavioral therapy, Coping questions, Denise Krause MSSW, Exceptions questions, Goal formation, Insoo Kim Berg, Miracle question, motivational interviewing, Scaling questions, Solution Focused Therapy, Solution Focused Treatment Manual

Social Work Internship: 10th week

By Dorlee 8 Comments

This was a busy week with my conducting seven one-on-one sessions, having two intakes, making a presentation to two women groups, as well as attending a seminar on the role of social workers in within the oncology and palliative care arena. In terms of the individual sessions, two of the seven appointments were with new […]

Filed Under: Grad School, Social Work Career Tagged With: CBT, cognitive behavioral therapy, flashbacks, internship, outpatient mental health, social work student, socratic questioning, visualization relaxation

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