Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A15-1
Noticing Change between Sessions — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind noticing change between sessions and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Devin looks for one occasion of beginning a task with less preparation.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Change can be observed without assigning constant homework.
The idea
Change can be observed without assigning constant homework.
An ordinary example
Devin looks for one occasion of beginning a task with less preparation.
What this can look like
Choose one sign of a preferred difference and a low-burden way to notice whether it appears.
Check the fit
What is enough observation for this week? 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 is enough observation for this week?
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.