Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A14-1
Try Something Different — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind try something different and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Devin repeatedly rewrites a plan and considers asking one clarifying question instead.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A small variation can be explored when a repeated strategy is not helping.
The idea
A small variation can be explored when a repeated strategy is not helping.
An ordinary example
Devin repeatedly rewrites a plan and considers asking one clarifying question instead.
What this can look like
Identify a stuck response and design one safe, reversible alternative without predicting success.
Check the fit
What would you learn from a modest variation? 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 you learn from a modest variation?
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.