Family Therapy: Solution-Focused Therapy

Scaling questions are used to help clients and therapists talk about topics such as depression and communication (Nichols, 2014, p. 233). Using a scale, the therapist asks where the clients place themselves. Scaling questions allow clients to quantify their confidence so that they can work on and maintain their resolve for the presenting issue. For example, a clinician, might ask their client, “on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 representing a very low level of depression and 10 representing high level of depression, how would you rate your level depressive mood?” scaling questions are used as an assessment method to measure the progress of clients. Nichols says the tit is a great tool to facilitate changes as they occur. As sessions get better for …show more content…
Nichols (2014) state that therapy “may be the treatment for our time” and is one of the most widely used approaches in psychotherapy. 238. solution-focused therapy is known for its quick solution for families dealing with discord. a great strength of this therapy is that it has various applications in treating family issues. Due to its's popularity, the perspective of solution-focused therapy has been used in self-help books. Also, this form of therapy has been used outside of traditional therapy including interventions in family medicine clinics. Although solution-focus therapy is very popular, there are critics who see weaknesses to this method. A weakness is that the therapy seems to be too simplistic. Another drawback is that this approach focuses too much on solving the solution instead of looking at the …show more content…
Both fundamental strategies are brief, lasting about three to five sessions. Before therapy actually, begins the description of the family's problems are addressed. Once the therapist knows what the presenting problem is and what the family has tried to do in resolve the problem, the therapist works with the family to create goals to achieve. The therapist asks the family questions that will make them active in achieving their goals. An example of a question asked is “Specifically how will you be doing this?” The therapist makes sure that the family establishes clear goals so that can measure progress. Nichols (2014) state “part of the process of solution therapy-focused therapy is helping clients think about constructive actions they can take, rather than how they can get others to change’ (p. 231). When setting well-focused goals it is essential that they are clear and concise and include positive action. They should be made to be achievable without any