FRHD 3400 Lecture Notes - Active Listening, Steve De Shazer, Co-Creation
30 Nov 2012
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Solution focused brief therapy began in the 1980"s under the leadership of steve de shazer. De shazer found the work of milton erickson instructive. Erickson discussed the importance of client being open to change and possibilities. He also though clients would benefit more if practitioners used what the clients presented and focused on the present behaviour rather then the past. Solution- focused counseling concentrates on solutions rather than problems. Counsellors begin treatment by asking clients to observe what was happening in their lives that they wanted to continue. The question helps focus on what has gone right in the client"s life rather than what has gone wrong. These things the client is doing that are effective become the building blocks of therapy. Counseling is brief with progress being measured by the results achieved instead of by the number of sessions.
