As a fan of interpersonal neurobiology I am really interested in the future research on the changes SFBT makes to the brain. I'm so pleased you began this video with this info. I have been trying to put these two models together because I am quite sure that SFBT helps people restructure their brains (ie integrate horizontally and vertically).
I love the: "Unlock the pathways of change " ! Wonderful teaching your "mini" questions! It's such a good reminder for me when working with a client who wants to get rid of the emotional state (crying all the time). Great!
@@AceDeclan Unfortunately haven't gained employment as the course didn't include all the requirements to become a counselor. Further unit's would have been required and I didn't have the money to do that. It was through Estrada college in Melbourne Australia. Wouldn't recommend at all.
I think that last question the person meant to ask how to keep the client using the solution/positive talk in the everyday lives. At least that's the interpretation I took from the question. This was very informative in helping me prepare for my class tonight.
+ob2be1 I am glad you liked the video and it prepared you for class. For us, we don't concern ourselves with whether or not the client continues using solution/positive talk after the session. Just having the conversation in session is enough to provoke change.
I do like your explanations and presentations though, very clear about points that you are making and i totally see the benefits of this approach, but again rather in a synergy with other approaches it will work better than in isolation
Thanks, I am very glad you liked my presentation. However, it is not accurate that SFBT works better when combined with another approach. Research in this area is very clear, it is much more effective and efficient when practiced as a stand alone approach.
interesting point about not focusing on the problem, not sure how I feel about that. It does appear slightly 'ignoring', cold. One of the most common presentations is that people haven't been heard or seen for most of their lives. We don't want to reaffirm the fact we are only interested in the lighter side of things (although it has its benefits, of course), making things better. I don't see why both can't be done, letting the client tell you where they are at that time, as we do need to understand where they are coming from, and then focus on a solution. I do both in my practice whether short-term or long-term. Sometimes it is easier to focus on solutions and resources naturally, it very much depends on an individual client, their personality, ways of being in the world, thinking process, etc.
Hi Natalia, thanks for your comment. I agree with you, we absolutely do not want our clients to feel ignored. In fact, a common bit of feedback from our clients is related to how heard they have felt. This is because we are not ignoring the problem, instead we are listening intensely for what the client wants and the skills they possess to accomplish their desired outcome from the therapy.
Sound quality was diabolical on the videos.. I couldn’t hear everything! Your colleague seemed to me to be very long winded and speak more than the client.
Elliot, when the co therapist asked the miracle question, he excluded things outside the girl's control. It seemed like in a positive way, he redefined the girls problem, as not necessarily her parents but what's happening in her. Is that normal SFBT practice? In other words should the miracle question exclude problems that are outside the clients control-even if the client initially presents as if the problem is someone's else fault/something that's happening to them? If that's the case it helps me to even further see the significance of a clients best hopes and what getting those best hopes would allow THEM to be like. Then we can use the miracle question to highlight it even more.
I would not say he redefined her problem. Instead we would say he crystalized her desired outcome to be focused on things she could directly influence. Yes, that is normal (intentional) in our work.
Elliott Connie exactly. So it was intentional that he excluded the part of her problem that is not in her control. This is helpful for me because when we ask about best hopes and Miracle questions clients will want to talk about their hopes and miracles that revolve around what other people stop doing or things outside of their control. But I like what you're saying because through making the exclusion in out question we are now moving the conversation to what they can do to improve themselves. In other words a husband may say: I wish my wife would stop nagging me or speaking to me so harshly. Then wa therapist would say: if she stops doing that how would you be different. The husband says :I would be confident. Therapist says: Suppose you wake up one morning and a miracle took place. You now have confidence. Your wife still continues to nag and speak harshly, but you have confidence. How would you be different? Is this how we think about using the miracle Question? We isolate what the client is now free to do inspite of the outside problem persisting?
If a client is mandated to come to therapy (or forced by a parent) and you compliment and highlight the fact that they chose to comply, what if there answer to that is something like, "I didn't want to get in trouble" or "I feel like I didn't have a choice"/ What do you say?
So maybe I asked the wrong question. How do we elicit what drove them to comply with mandated therapy? I guess I'm looking for the words you would use to have that meaningful conversation. I'm a registered intern and love SFBT.
Hmhh...especially the session with the terminal ill man did not work well..I am totally missing the empathy ....the powerpoint presentation also only shows basics...I was expecting much deeper information..
it is my favour..nevertheless with empathy....especially since I work with Clients who have a cancer diagnosis, empathy is the base of my solution focused therapy...I just missed this in the video..thats all...
I work with the client population frequently and I would respectfully say there was a lot of empathy present. In this approach it simply looks different. The client themselves said the one thing that stood out to them the most was the empathy present. This is due to the fact that they could tell I was working very hard to help them by asking questions that caused them to think differently. In the problem focused approaches to psychotherapy we are trained to empathize with the problem, in this approach we show empathy in a very different way. We stay focused on the desired outcome and work very hard to help the client manifest that outcome in their lives. That, I would say, is true empathy.
As a fan of interpersonal neurobiology I am really interested in the future research on the changes SFBT makes to the brain. I'm so pleased you began this video with this info. I have been trying to put these two models together because I am quite sure that SFBT helps people restructure their brains (ie integrate horizontally and vertically).
Hey Kirsten, I am so glad you like this video and are interested in SFBT. The research supporting this approach is remarkable!
I love the: "Unlock the pathways of change " !
Wonderful teaching your "mini" questions!
It's such a good reminder for me when working with a client who wants to get rid of the emotional state (crying all the time).
Great!
+Ella De Jong Glad you liked it!!!
Great presentation and information.
Thank you Elliot! What a great explanation of this therapy. Love it!
I am so glad!
This is quite informing session for therapy. From Tanzania-East Africa
Im currently studying for my diploma of counselling in Australia and I have found your video extremely helpful. Thank you.
+Melissa Mcdonald That's awesome! Subscribe to my channel, I have more coming!
Ok..its great...
How did it go? Surely you are finished now!?
@@AceDeclan Unfortunately haven't gained employment as the course didn't include all the requirements to become a counselor. Further unit's would have been required and I didn't have the money to do that. It was through Estrada college in Melbourne Australia. Wouldn't recommend at all.
I think that last question the person meant to ask how to keep the client using the solution/positive talk in the everyday lives. At least that's the interpretation I took from the question. This was very informative in helping me prepare for my class tonight.
+ob2be1 I am glad you liked the video and it prepared you for class. For us, we don't concern ourselves with whether or not the client continues using solution/positive talk after the session. Just having the conversation in session is enough to provoke change.
I do like your explanations and presentations though, very clear about points that you are making and i totally see the benefits of this approach, but again rather in a synergy with other approaches it will work better than in isolation
Thanks, I am very glad you liked my presentation. However, it is not accurate that SFBT works better when combined with another approach. Research in this area is very clear, it is much more effective and efficient when practiced as a stand alone approach.
interesting point about not focusing on the problem, not sure how I feel about that. It does appear slightly 'ignoring', cold. One of the most common presentations is that people haven't been heard or seen for most of their lives. We don't want to reaffirm the fact we are only interested in the lighter side of things (although it has its benefits, of course), making things better. I don't see why both can't be done, letting the client tell you where they are at that time, as we do need to understand where they are coming from, and then focus on a solution. I do both in my practice whether short-term or long-term. Sometimes it is easier to focus on solutions and resources naturally, it very much depends on an individual client, their personality, ways of being in the world, thinking process, etc.
Hi Natalia, thanks for your comment. I agree with you, we absolutely do not want our clients to feel ignored. In fact, a common bit of feedback from our clients is related to how heard they have felt. This is because we are not ignoring the problem, instead we are listening intensely for what the client wants and the skills they possess to accomplish their desired outcome from the therapy.
sound quality role playing a little bit poor
Sound quality was diabolical on the videos.. I couldn’t hear everything! Your colleague seemed to me to be very long winded and speak more than the client.
Elliot, when the co therapist asked the miracle question, he excluded things outside the girl's control. It seemed like in a positive way, he redefined the girls problem, as not necessarily her parents but what's happening in her. Is that normal SFBT practice? In other words should the miracle question exclude problems that are outside the clients control-even if the client initially presents as if the problem is someone's else fault/something that's happening to them? If that's the case it helps me to even further see the significance of a clients best hopes and what getting those best hopes would allow THEM to be like. Then we can use the miracle question to highlight it even more.
I would not say he redefined her problem. Instead we would say he crystalized her desired outcome to be focused on things she could directly influence. Yes, that is normal (intentional) in our work.
Elliott Connie exactly. So it was intentional that he excluded the part of her problem that is not in her control. This is helpful for me because when we ask about best hopes and Miracle questions clients will want to talk about their hopes and miracles that revolve around what other people stop doing or things outside of their control. But I like what you're saying because through making the exclusion in out question we are now moving the conversation to what they can do to improve themselves. In other words a husband may say: I wish my wife would stop nagging me or speaking to me so harshly. Then wa therapist would say: if she stops doing that how would you be different. The husband says :I would be confident.
Therapist says: Suppose you wake up one morning and a miracle took place. You now have confidence. Your wife still continues to nag and speak harshly, but you have confidence. How would you be different?
Is this how we think about using the miracle Question? We isolate what the client is now free to do inspite of the outside problem persisting?
It seems like you've got it!
@@RightWithGodMinistries
Well said...
If a client is mandated to come to therapy (or forced by a parent) and you compliment and highlight the fact that they chose to comply, what if there answer to that is something like, "I didn't want to get in trouble" or "I feel like I didn't have a choice"/ What do you say?
That's a good question Melanie. We wouldn't really compliment a client for complying. In part for the reason your question highlights.
So maybe I asked the wrong question. How do we elicit what drove them to comply with mandated therapy? I guess I'm looking for the words you would use to have that meaningful conversation. I'm a registered intern and love SFBT.
Oh, I see. I would simply ask them, "what drove you to come to therapy"?
great information!!
+Well and Aware-Pathways to Creating Happiness Thanks!
Are these role plays or actual clients/real life scenarios?
Hmhh...especially the session with the terminal ill man did not work well..I am totally missing the empathy ....the powerpoint presentation also only shows basics...I was expecting much deeper information..
Hi Elke, sorry it wasn't what you were expecting and that you missed the empathy. Perhaps the Solution Focused Approach is not your flavor.
it is my favour..nevertheless with empathy....especially since I work with Clients who have a cancer diagnosis, empathy is the base of my solution focused therapy...I just missed this in the video..thats all...
I work with the client population frequently and I would respectfully say there was a lot of empathy present. In this approach it simply looks different. The client themselves said the one thing that stood out to them the most was the empathy present. This is due to the fact that they could tell I was working very hard to help them by asking questions that caused them to think differently. In the problem focused approaches to psychotherapy we are trained to empathize with the problem, in this approach we show empathy in a very different way. We stay focused on the desired outcome and work very hard to help the client manifest that outcome in their lives. That, I would say, is true empathy.
Elke Simmel
Sorry but the sneezing is disgusting, could you not to record this once you were over the cold ?
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