SFBT Lecture Questions

Counselors who use Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy Believe That to Feel Better, People Need to...?

• Receive a mental health diagnosis

• Need to focus on positive behavioral changes

• Need to be in a healthy relationship

• Need to figure out what is maintaining the problems they are experiencing

SFBT focuses on all BUT which of the following?

(Select ALL that apply)

• Setting goals

• Recognizing instances of success (also called exceptions to problems)

• Psychopathology

• Rediscovering client strengths and resources

The most valued strategy in SFBT is...?

• The strategies that you offer the client

• Whatever techniques/skills that the client knows that works for them

• A simple technique you can teach the client that is age appropriate

• A technique that focuses on thoughts, behaviors, and feelings

"If something happened overnight and your problem were solved" is often how what kind of technique begins?

• Miracle Questions

• Bridging Statements

• Scaling Questions

• A Positive Goal

Scaling questions help the student and counselor to evaluate...

• The strength of the therapeutic alliance

• The interview responses provided by the client

• The process of therapy

• The degree of success a student has in terms of their counseling goals

Select ALL of the following that are used in SFBT

• Scaling

• Homework Assignments/

  Setting Expectations for next session

• In-depth problem analysis

Which of the following sounds like a statement that would help a student identify an "exception" if they "want others to stop picking" on them?

• Couldn't your teacher help with that?

• Some people have tried a technique that I think could help you

• Could you reward them for stopping?

• What would be different if others stopped picking on you?

A SFBT would most likely focus on...?

• Traumas that took place in early childhood

• Dream Analysis

• Transference & Countertransference

• Exceptions to family drama, which is when a family is functioning well

Which of the 2 phrases are "mottos" of SFBT? (Select Both)

• "If it a'int broke, don't fix it"

• "If something goes wrong, look inward"

• "First, understand the problem. Then, you can understand the solution"

• "Once you know what works for you, focus on doing more of it"

"How have you managed to remain so diligent despite everything going on at home?" This statement is an example of what kind of compliment?

• Direct

• Indirect