Abstract
Focus is a critical component in solution focused brief therapy (SFBT; de Shazer et al., 1986), yet little research has been conducted on how SFBT therapists utilize the clients' focus on their awareness of needs to relationally build solutions (Reiter & Chenail, 2016). To address this gap, we reviewed the notion of utilizing clients' focus in SFBT conceptually and presented the results of our discovery-oriented qualitative study of a classic training case conducted by one of SFBT's co-developers, Insoo Kim Berg (1994). We explored how Berg appeared to demonstrate relationally focused solution development. The findings suggest that Berg's therapeutic style and recursive nature facilitates the clients' awareness of needs in all stages, tapping into the clients' internal wisdom to enhance movement towards solutions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 8 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1618-1635 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Qualitative Report |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019: Annette BoVee-Akyurek, Ronald J. Chenail, Kara Erolin, and Nova Southeastern University.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Social Psychology
- Cultural Studies
- Education
Keywords
- Marriage and family therapy
- Milton erickson
- Needs
- Recursive frame analysis
- Solution focused brief therapy