Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A03-1
Miracle Question with Choice — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind miracle question with choice and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Devin prefers imagining a ten-percent easier morning to a complete miracle.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. An imagined change is optional and can be replaced with a small-change question.
The idea
An imagined change is optional and can be replaced with a small-change question.
An ordinary example
Devin prefers imagining a ten-percent easier morning to a complete miracle.
What this can look like
Choose either an imagined overnight improvement or a slightly better tomorrow, then describe visible signs rather than perfection.
Check the fit
What version of the question fits your worldview? 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 version of the question fits your worldview?
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.