Articles

Question 1

Hope and Expectancy in SFBT by Reiter, M.

Answer 1

Hope and expectancy for a positive outcome as part of SFBT contributes to positive clinical outcomes. Questions to encourage hope and expectancy include: (1) “What is the difference?” (2) Future focused questions, “what would you like to see change?” (3) Scaling questions, (4) miracle question, (5) exception questions, and (6) compliments.

Question 2

Walk-In Counselling Services: Making the Most of One Hour

Arnold Slive and Monte Bobele

Answer 2

This article describes walk-in single session counselling, a form of service delivery that enables clients to receive one session of counselling without the usual hurdles of intake and wait times. We distinguish between walk-in counselling and single session therapy by appointment. We describe a mindset for therapists that supports walk-in work. We also describe the workings of a walk-in session using a transcript, with commentary, of an actual session. Benefits and possible applications of the walk-in counselling concept are discussed.

Question 3

Solution-focused brief therapy from the perspective of clients with long-term physical health conditions. Carr

Answer 3

As long-term physical health conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent in our society, interventions are needed to help individuals live as well as possible. The research explores participants’ experiences of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) with a view to determining helpful aspects of this. Eleven service users were interviewed, and interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Participants’ responsibility for change and the strengths and resources they possessed were highlighted, along with the focus within therapy on goals. A number of specific SFBT techniques that were perceived as helpful during therapy were described such as reframing, competence talk and reflectiveness, as well as other factors that enabled engagement with the psychologist.

Question 4

Is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Evidence-Based? Johnny Kim

Answer 4

This article describes the process of having solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) be evaluated by various federal registries as an evidence-based practice (EBP) intervention. The authors submitted SFBT for evaluation for inclusion on three national EBP registry lists in the United States: the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Results of our submission found SFBT was not reviewed by SAMHSA and WWC because it was not prioritized highly enough for review, but it was rated as “promising” by OJJDP. Implications for practitioners and recommendations regarding the status of SFBT as an EBP model are discussed.

Question 5

Solution-Focused Therapy as a Culturally Acknowledging Approach With American Indians. D.D Meyer

Answer 5

Limited literature is available applying specific theoretical orientations with American Indians. Solution-focused therapy may be appropriate, given the client-identified solutions, the egalitarian counselor/client relationship, the use of relationships, and the view that change is inevitable. However, adaption of scaling questions and the miracle question may be necessary