Finding solutions: the miracle question
What is the miracle question? The miracle question is a technique used in Solution-focused brief therapy. It prompts clients to imagine an ideal state in which their therapeutic problem has…
7. The easy way to solution-focused change
What is solution-focused change? In solution-focused change we move from problems to possibilities and solutions. First establishing the goals for change, then exploring existing solutions, before looking at possibilities for…
1. The power in normalising problems
What is normalising? Normalising is the art of reframing the problem from ‘weird’ and ‘alarming’ to ‘expectable’ and ‘soluble’. Expectable in terms of the cognitive and emotional characteristics of clients,…
0. How people change (New series on personal change)
Personal change I have been a student of personal change ever since I was a depressed teenager reading Dale Carnegie's How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (although that book…
Keeping Brief therapy brief
What is Brief therapy? Brief therapy does not necessarily mean 'fast therapy'. What it does mean is a focus on creating personal change for the client in each and every…