Solution Focused Brief Therapy
OPINION: “SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY DESERVES TO BE USED EVEN MORE”
By (Writer’s Name)
Therapy presently has gained so much popularity as people seek alternatives to relieve their minds off stress and other life pressures. For many years, life has been changing so drastically meaning that all living creatures must adapt with it. Jobs have become so hectic with longer working hours and huge workloads in order to survive. Families have grown so much apart and it takes a lot of effort nowadays to keep a family together as is seen with the divorce rate that has risen so much recently. A survey done in Wales and England showed that an estimated 42% of married couples end up divorcing (National Statistics Office, 2012). Such pressures from family, jobs and grief has resulted in so much stress, depression, anger or even anxiety, which has seen so many people about one in twenty, nowadays …show more content…
We should not wait until the pressures of life get to a point of no return but we should relieve our minds of our problems once in a while. Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) has been used in many platforms such as with individuals, families and in learning institutions (Newsome, 2005). This therapy approach is normally short-term and focuses on future goals, problem exceptions and strengths instead of deficits and problems (Rees, 2003). This therapy technique is beneficial because of the below reasons: a) encouragement of clients to engage more in useful or constructive behaviors, b) therapists work with clients to seek alternatives to behavior patterns that undesired, c) seeks solutions to the problem from within the client that is people have the resources needed to tackle the problem or difficulty, d) this therapy does not focus much on the actual problem but in identification of a solution state that is desirable (Gingerich & Eisenqart,
By (Writer’s Name)
Therapy presently has gained so much popularity as people seek alternatives to relieve their minds off stress and other life pressures. For many years, life has been changing so drastically meaning that all living creatures must adapt with it. Jobs have become so hectic with longer working hours and huge workloads in order to survive. Families have grown so much apart and it takes a lot of effort nowadays to keep a family together as is seen with the divorce rate that has risen so much recently. A survey done in Wales and England showed that an estimated 42% of married couples end up divorcing (National Statistics Office, 2012). Such pressures from family, jobs and grief has resulted in so much stress, depression, anger or even anxiety, which has seen so many people about one in twenty, nowadays …show more content…
We should not wait until the pressures of life get to a point of no return but we should relieve our minds of our problems once in a while. Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) has been used in many platforms such as with individuals, families and in learning institutions (Newsome, 2005). This therapy approach is normally short-term and focuses on future goals, problem exceptions and strengths instead of deficits and problems (Rees, 2003). This therapy technique is beneficial because of the below reasons: a) encouragement of clients to engage more in useful or constructive behaviors, b) therapists work with clients to seek alternatives to behavior patterns that undesired, c) seeks solutions to the problem from within the client that is people have the resources needed to tackle the problem or difficulty, d) this therapy does not focus much on the actual problem but in identification of a solution state that is desirable (Gingerich & Eisenqart,