Insoo Kim Berg founded Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with her partner Steve de Shazer in the late 1970s. SFBT focuses on clients' strengths and resources rather than problems, believes clients have the ability to resolve their own concerns, and aims to identify solutions through asking questions instead of providing advice. It has been utilized in various social services fields and is based on the principles that small changes can lead to big differences, the future is negotiable, and the solution is not always directly related to the defined problem.

2. FOUNDER
Insoo Kim
Berg
. She developed
the Solution-
Focused Brief
Therapy (SFBT)
model with her
partner, Steve de
Shazer.
 HISTORY
 Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kin
Beerg, and their colleagues
developed Solution-Focused
Brief Therapy starting in the
late 1970’s
 Utilized in business, social
policy, education, criminal
justice services, child welfare
and domestic violence
offender treatment

3.  If it’s not broken, don’t fix it
 Look for expectations
 Asking questions rather than telling clients
what to do
 Future is negotiated and created
 Complements
 Gentle nudging to do more of what is working
 Change is constant and inevitable
 The solution is not always directly related to
the problem

4.  Clients have the knowledge to resolve their
concerns
 Change is ongoing
 Identify/Expand
 In depth knowledge of concern is not necessary
 It is not necessary to know the reason of the
concern to solve it
 Defining goals is obvious to clients
 Focus on a solution

5.  What is client’s story
 Resources
 Strengths
 Exceptions
 Significant relationships
 Esteem issues

6.  Organize session
 What is the problem
 Triage concerns
 What are exceptions

7. Goals of session
How have you solved problems in the past
What may change if you believe it will

8.  Has anything been different since our last visit
 Do you feel better about anything?
 In the past month or so has this problem arose?
 Ask client questions on how they have problem
solved and coped with the circumstance
 Validate clients resources they don’t recognize
 Be inquisitive
 Do not make client feel challenged

9. AHH
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