Solution-focused therapy / SFB-A20-1
Solution-Focused Group Exchange — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind solution-focused group exchange and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: A group member wants help noticing useful exceptions rather than receiving ten suggestions.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A group can exchange questions without prescribing solutions for one another.
The idea
A group can exchange questions without prescribing solutions for one another.
An ordinary example
A group member wants help noticing useful exceptions rather than receiving ten suggestions.
What this can look like
In pairs or a group, offer one preferred-future or exception question after permission and let the speaker decide what fits.
Check the fit
Which question expands choice for the person speaking? 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?
- Which question expands choice for the person speaking?
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.