Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A19-2
Ending with a Useful Summary — Practice worksheet
Summarize the preferred difference, one existing resource, and an optional next step; invite correction.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Devin wants a summary that does not turn possibilities into promises.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A closing summary can use the person's language and preserve uncertainty.
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
Summarize the preferred difference, one existing resource, and an optional next step; invite correction.
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 would you change in this account of today's conversation? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What would you change in this account of today's conversation?
- 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.