Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a present and future-focused, goal-directed therapeutic approach that focuses, as the name suggests, on solutions. Instead of leading with the problems that brought clients to therapy in the first place, SFBT focuses on what clients want to achieve without exploring the history of the issue. SFBT is founded on the belief that clients know what they need to do to improve their lives and the approach provides coaching and questioning to help clients find the best solutions. Solution Focused Brief Therapy is used in the treatment of a variety of issues, including addiction, relationship problems, behavioral problems, abuse and depression. Think this approach might be right for you? Reach out to one of TherapyDen’s Solution Focused Brief Therapy experts today.

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I have used solution focused therapy, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy going on 8 plus years. I have received training and my clients have benefited from treatment. I don't believe one has to be in therapy for the rest of their lives and my clients come and go and come back when they're ready to work on themselves again. You are your guide as you're the expert of YOU.

— Micheal Franklin, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in DALLAS, TX

We developed an intensive four weeks long therapeutic program for FTs and HCWs to help manage wellness, rebuild resilience, and take back control by learning to identify and manage triggers in a constructive manner.

— Nataly Kuznetsov, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in NAPA, CA
 

I believe strongly on focusing on solutions while working through trauma and can provide brief therapy for up to six months

— Lisa Adams, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate in TACOMA, WA

Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a strength-based approach to psychotherapy based on solution-building rather than problem-solving. This approach concentrates on how your current circumstances and future hopes, instead of focusing on past causes.

— Amy Studer, Licensed Professional Counselor in , MO
 

SFBT helps you set specific goals and create practical strategies to achieve them. SFBT emphasizes a your positive attributes and behaviors, and how they can be used to overcome challenges. SFBT focuses on the present and the future, rather than fixating on the past or the problem and considers you to be the expert on themselves and their situation

— Connie Murphy, Licensed Professional Counselor

In London, she participated in an intensive Solution-Focused and Narrative Therapy training at the Brief Institute. In a situation where improvement is being sought, we have a conversation to generating positive change.

— Genniffer Williams, Licensed Professional Counselor in Fort Worth, TX
 

Solution Focused Brief Therapy is future-focused, goal-directed, and emphasizes solutions, rather than the history of problems that brought you in to seek therapy. It is especially useful for decreasing the complications of daily life and coping with temporary but powerful stressors.

— Julianna Taillon, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Fullerton, CA

Do you have big feelings that make it difficult for you to handle stress? Would you like to feel more trust with yourself and others, and less stuck? Solution Focused Brief treatment allows for a dynamic model of change where you are in control and are empowered.

— Rebecca Lavine, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Cambridge, MA
 

I am often solution focused and direct.

— Jamie King, Clinical Social Worker in Andover, MA

I firmly believe that my clients already come into my office with a substantial amount of expertise and strength. Hence, I use a solution-focused approach to guide my clients to better identify and access their own resilience.

— Dr. Aileen Fullchange, Psychologist in , CA
 

We will identify your struggle, identify your strengths and will move forward together to resolve your distress.

— Kecia Adams, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

This approach focuses on solutions that point out what is working and possible areas where things could be done differently to help. With this approach, we do not concentrate or spend sessions discussing what brought you in, but rather what life will be like for you once therapy has worked for you.

— Katherine Traxler-LaFrance, Marriage & Family Therapist in Humble, TX
 

I believe that Solution Focused Brief Therapy helps clients rely on their strengths on how to move forward, and strays away from highlighting their past and what they are not able to achieve. This approach emphasizes that clients are experts of their own lives and that they do have what it takes to make the changes they desire.

— Margaret Shouse, Licensed Professional Counselor in Northbrook, IL

SFBT is a hope friendly, positive emotion eliciting, future-oriented vehicle for formulating, motivating, achieving, and sustaining desired behavioral change.

— Shameka Walker, Licensed Professional Counselor in Irwinton, GA
 

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) concentrates on finding solutions in the present time and exploring one’s hope for the future to find quicker resolution of one’s problems. This method takes the approach that you know what you need to do to improve your own life and, with the appropriate coaching and questioning, are capable of finding the best solutions.

— Mary Ellen Kundrat, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Working with client on coming up with solutions.

— Kemi Alemoh, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in San Dimas, CA
 

We don’t focus on the problems, rather we stick to finding the solutions to them. The future is our focus and it is my goal to help you envision one where your challenges are resolved. We work on making achievable goals and develop the steps together in order to reach that goal. All of this in a short amount of sessions necessary as it’s my hope that by the end we will develop the tools necessary for you to carry out any future solutions on your own.

— Jacob Rincon, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in San Antonio, TX

This is a forward-looking, goal-oriented approach. By focusing on clients' strengths and resources, SFBT fosters empowerment and encourages them to envision their desired future. Collaboratively developing practical steps helps clients feel more engaged and motivated in their journey. Additionally, examining problematic situations in relationships can be an effective tool. It allows clients to identify specific areas for improvement and solutions vs dwelling on the past issues.

— TheraPride Counseling and Wellness, Licensed Professional Counselor in Denton, TX