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Miracle Question with Choice — Practice worksheet

Choose either an imagined overnight improvement or a slightly better tomorrow, then describe visible signs rather than perfection.

15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate

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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.

1. Choose a workable example

Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.

2. Try the practice

Choose either an imagined overnight improvement or a slightly better tomorrow, then describe visible signs rather than perfection.

3. Compare possibilities

Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.

4. Decide together

What version of the question fits your worldview? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.

Prompts for this resource

  1. My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
  2. My response to the practice task above:
  3. What version of the question fits your worldview?
  4. An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:

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.

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