PSY343H5 Chapter 13-15:
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The collaborative language systems approach: therapy is another conversational system that becomes therapeutic through its problem-organizing, problem-dissolving nature. It is not necessary to know the cause of a problem to solve it and that there is no necessary relationship between the causes of problems and their solutions: assessing problems is not necessary for change to occur. If knowing and understanding problems are unimportant, so is searching for right or absolute solutions. Any person might consider multiple solutions, and what is right for one person may not be right for others. It is within the scope of sfbt practice to allow for some discussion of presenting problems to validate clients" experience and to let them describe their pain, struggles, and frustrations. In solution-focused brief therapy, clients choose the goals they wish to accomplish; little attention is given to diagnosis, history taking, or exploring the emergence of the problem.
