Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A03-3
Miracle Question with Choice — Clinician dialogue
Guide a collaborative conversation about miracle question with choice while checking fit and participant choice.
15 minutes · Clinician script · Mental health professionals
Fictional example: Devin prefers imagining a ten-percent easier morning to a complete miracle.
Use within your training and assessment of readiness. An imagined change is optional and can be replaced with a small-change question.
Invite and obtain permission
Offer: "Would it be useful to explore miracle question with choice using an ordinary or fictional example? We can adapt it, observe, or stop." Ask what the person wants from the conversation.
Elicit before teaching
Ask: "How does this show up, if at all, in your own words?" Offer this idea tentatively: An imagined change is optional and can be replaced with a small-change question. Ask what fits and what does not.
Guide the task
Choose either an imagined overnight improvement or a slightly better tomorrow, then describe visible signs rather than perfection. Ask for permission before giving an example. Use this fictional illustration if useful: Devin prefers imagining a ten-percent easier morning to a complete miracle.
Reflect and check accuracy
Reflect only what was offered: "I heard you describe ___. What did I miss?" Ask: What version of the question fits your worldview? Avoid assigning motives or interpreting silence as agreement.
Respond to a mismatch
If the person rejects the frame, say: "Thank you for correcting it. What would be more useful?" Return to their language or choose a different approach.
Close with agency
Ask which observation, question, or support request the person wants to keep. Confirm a manageable ending and appropriate follow-up; do not turn a tentative possibility into a homework obligation.
Prompts for this resource
- Readiness, permission, cultural context, and access needs to check:
- What version of the question fits your worldview?
- What would tell me to adapt, stop, or seek supervision?
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.