DB 3.1to
Solution focused therapist are optimistic. Language is key to define reality and there are no absolute truths in SFT. It is important for the therapist and the customer as they call their clients to view their lives and change their realities. When problems develop, they can change their realities to be helpful to them. It is imperative to have the customer look at their strengths and resources to help them change their lives. While many other theorist might suggest that change is hard, the SFT therapist will state that change is constant. So, the counselor is therefore a guide to help the customer where they want to go and motivate them. It is believed that the customer already know where they want to be, and the therapist will help construct a solution.
The customer/client wants to stop drinking and return to work, we will look at her strenghths and resources instead of the weakness of this customer. There we will find the solution. She is a good mother and her children do well in school. We will look at all the positive aspects of this client.
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In your reading, it was shared that topics of Solution-Focused sessions usually cover the following topics (of course they are not limited to these, however) below. Please pick at least 2 themes and specifically how your session with a client might reflect discussing any topics related to the theme. For example, if you are discussing the client's desired outcome from the session, which is to stop using alcohol and return to work, you would discuss how discussing and exploring this key theme area helps the client progress in treatment from a Solution Focused standpoint. Please feel free to use more than 2 examples.
Typical themes in solution-focused therapy include:
-The outcome that the client desires from the treatment process.
-Strengths and resources of the client that can be used to achieve the desired outcome.
-Discussion of previous successes of the client.
-Discussion of exception and instance periods.
-Discussion of changes in the client's life from session to session.
-Exploration of what the client does to achieve those changes.
DB 3.2
In thinking about the technique demonstrated in the video, please share how you might incorporate this technique into your Solution Focused Therapy sessions? Please give at least 2 examples for each technique. Additionally, please discuss at least 2 more techniques that you have read about from our required reading this unit. You are welcome to pick any that you choose and discuss in detail using examples of how you might incorporate this technique into your sessions.
DB 3.3
Cherry, 34, has been drinking for at least 10 years, at first mostly socially with her husband and friends but with occasional periods of heavy drinking. When she divorced 3 years ago, she started drinking more frequently—almost every night—after her three children went to bed. Also, about 2 ½ years ago, she noticed that she was getting more anxious and stressed out from trying to get the kids to day care and school, taking care of them, not having enough money, hassling with her ex-husband over child support, and getting to work on time. She received a prescription for benzodiazepine from her family doctor and rapidly became dependent on the drug. Her doctor recognized her dependency and referred her to a psychiatrist trained in substance abuse. He recommended substance abuse treatment. After being monitored in a detoxification program, she began the 8-week intensive outpatient treatment program where she is now receiving treatment.
In thinking about Cherry’s situation and Solution-Focused Therapy, please answer the following in your discussion:
-What are 3 potential therapeutic goals you might see as being applicable to Cherry’s case?
-How might you address and conceptualize a “slip or relapse” from this perspective and share this information with Cherry?
-What are 2 techniques that you think could be useful in working with Cherry and why? Examples?
-What are other important factors to consider in thinking about Cherry’s case from a Solution Focused perspective? Any other points you want to mention?