2. Scaling Questions
Steve De Shazer (1940 -2005)
Co-founder of the solution focussed
approach with Insoo Kim Berg.
After asking a client “what is better since
last time?” The client said “I’m nearly a 10
now”.
Hence, numbers used to understand
development
3. Benefits
Easy to use
Focus on change
Focus on clients phenomenological
existence (Like Person Centred)
Broad application
12. Conclusion
Being a cognitively flexible practitioner might
mean that at times you have cause to employ
solution focused techniques. This might be
when:
Discussions of the problem are creating
stagnation and or frustration.
The client is in a contemplative stage of
considering the benefits of change.
You are being motivational (interviewing).
You are empowering the client to employ
divergent thinking and offer their own solutions
that are more likely to succeed than practitioner
led solutions.