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SFBT-EPSY6325
SFBT- EPSY 6325 Arbona
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social Constructionism: Key Concepts | a)Postmodernists assume there are multiple truths; b)Reality is subjective and is based on the use of language; c)Postmodernists strive for collaborative and consultative stance; d)Postmodern thought has an impact on the development of many theories |
| Social Constructionism | a)The client is the expert on content; b)Dialogue is used to elicit perspective, resources, and unique client experiences; c)Questions empower clients to speak and to express their diverse positions; d)Therapist supplies optimism and the process |
| Social Constructionism: Therapy Goals | a)Generate new meanings in the client's life; b)Co-develop solutions unique to the situation; c)Enhance awareness of the impact of various aspects of the dominant culture on the individual; d)Help people develop alt ways of being,acting, knowing,& living |
| SFBT | a)Therapy grounded on a positive orientation: people are healthy and competent; b)Shares similarities w/ positive psych; c)Past is downplayed, while present and future are highlighted; d)Therapy is concerned w/ looking for what is working |
| SFBT | a)Therapists assist clients in finding exceptions to their problems; b)There is a shift from problem-orientation to solution-focused; c)Emphasis is on constructing solutions rather than problem solving |
| Basic Assumptions of SFBT | a)The problem itself may not be relevant to finding effective solutions; b)People can create their own solutions; c)Small changes lead to large changes |
| Basic Assumptions of SFBT | a)The client is the expert on his/her own life; b)The best therapy involves a collaborative partnership; c)A therapist's "not knowing" affords the client an opportunity to construct a solution (empowers the client) |
| Questions in SFBT | a)Skillful questions allow people to utilize their resources; b)Asking how questions that imply change can be useful; c)Effective questions focus attention on solutions; d)Questions can get clients to notice when things were better |
| Useful Questions | a)Help people pay attention to what they are doing and b)Open up possibilities to do something different |
| Types of Relationships in SFBT | a)Customer-type relationship, b)Complainant relationship, and c)Visitors |
| Customer-type Relationship | Client and therapist jointly identify a problem and a solution to work toward |
| Complainant Relationship | A client describes a problem, but is not able or willing to take an active role in constructing a solution |
| Visitors | Clients come to therapy because someone else thinks they have a problem |
| Techniques used in SFBT | 1)Pre-therapy change, 2)Exception questions, 3)Miracle question, 4)Scaling questions, 5)Formula first session task, and 6)Therapist feedback end of session |
| Pre-therapy change | What have you done since you made the appointment that has made a difference in your problem? |
| Exception questions | Direct clients to times in their lives when the problem did not exist |
| Miracle question | If a miracle happened and the problem you have was solved, what would be different in your life? |
| Scaling questions | On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst you have been and 10 represents the problem being solved, where are you with respect to ____? |
| Formula first session task | From first to second session--observe things in your life that you want to maintain |
| Therapist feedback end of session | a)Compliment the client on work done, b)Bridge-rational for suggestion/homework, then c)tasks: Observational task (focus on positive changes) and behavioral task (do more of or do differently) |
| Contributions | a)optimistic orientation helps clients make significant moves toward building more satisfying lives in a relatively short period of time; b)Postmodern approaches' dim view of diagnosis remind us that people can't be reduced to a specific problem |
| Contributions | a)A major strength of SFBT is the use of questioning to generate solutions; b)Brief therapy has shown to be effective for a wide range of clinical problems |
| Limitations | a)therapists must be skilled in implementing brief interventions; b)Therapists may employ techniques in a mechanistic fashion; c)Reliance on techniques may detract from building a therapeutic relationship |
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