Solution Focused Therapy

What if you could solve that problem or change that behavior faster than you ever thought possible?

Solution Focused Therapy is focused on future hopes rather than a current problem story. We harness your strengths and resources to make effective, significant, permanent change. Many don’t know there’s a quick, more efficient way to reach a life-changing hope or goal.

Many therapy approaches begin with asking “What is the cause of the problem”? That may be irrelevant. A more pertinent question might be “What maintains the problem”? What keeps it active?

 And then we ask, “How do we create solutions”?

 The process assumes the belief that there are solutions…most likely more than one. Together, we construct or invent solutions by first defining exactly what you want – not what you don’t want. We might touch on what’s not working only to conclude what to do differently. We look at what’s working and expand on that.

Often much time is spent assessing and diagnosing problems to try and find an intervention that interferes with the problem. You might talk about the problem over and over – every little detail. This keeps you living in the world of the problem. But, if we focus on hopes, wishes, resources, and joy, you get to live from that perspective. This changes everything. Life feels so much better from that viewpoint. Hope is the biggest change factor and this approach starts with that as the foundation.

Often known as Solution Focused BRIEF Therapy, its effectiveness has proved to match (and often exceed) with other therapies but is usually quicker. Who doesn’t want to solve problems or change things as quickly as possible?