Solution Focused Brief Therapy

What are some of the goals of SFBT?

• Client is encouraged to believe that positive changes are possible.

• Encourages goals to reach desired outcome.

• Encourages the client to develop a vision of a alternative future.

• All of the above

What is one primary focus of Solution Focused Brief Therapy?

• Health, Strengths and Coping Abilities

• Problems and Deficits

True or False: SFBT is a future oriented, goal directed approach to solving human problems of living.

• True

• False

True or False: SFBT is focused on finding solutions not problems and therefore does not look at a person in the sense of being maladjusted.

• True

• False

What is the most important role of the counselor for SFBT?

• Consultant & Collaborator

• To establish rapport

• Nonjudgmental

• Cultivate Empathy

Who founded/developed the SFBT theory?

• Steve de Shazer

• Insoo Kim Berg

• Insoo Kim Berg & Steve de Shazer

What is the appropriate client population for SFBT?

• Individuals, couples, family therapy, and group therapy

• Clients with more extreme conditions such as schizophrenia or clients with major depressive disorders

Often times, what do counselors in SFBT as their clients to reflect upon?

• Focus on the present and future

• Focus on the here and now

• Focus on the past and present

• Focus on the past and future