Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A02-1
Preferred Future Scene — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind preferred future scene and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Devin imagines beginning breakfast without immediately checking work messages.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A preferred future can be described through ordinary details.
The idea
A preferred future can be described through ordinary details.
An ordinary example
Devin imagines beginning breakfast without immediately checking work messages.
What this can look like
Sketch a small scene from a more workable day and name what you would be doing differently.
Check the fit
What would be the first ordinary detail you notice? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A preferred future can include advocacy, accommodations, and external change; optimism is not required.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- What would be the first ordinary detail you notice?
Conceptual background
What is Solution-Focused Therapy? — Solution-Focused Therapy Institute
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.