just 'thinking happy' or 'just focusing on positives' and the impression
that it's a dumbed down model or intervention.The simplicity of SF based
approaches does not mean it is easy to do, by far the ability to be
aware of your own thoughts, fears, confidence, knowledge, values and
organizational pressures while focusing on the client's story is not
easy and not for the faint hearted.
Having awareness of traditional problem focused approaches but refraining from putting them before the client's goals requires ongoing
support and education but in time gets easier. Many times I have found
my thoughts deconstructing the problem, preparing advice (based on my
values as the expert) which loses touch with what the client's goals
are. Traditional approaches can be complimented with SF approaches and
many times you see this happening, such as many CBT techniques are
changing based on what works for the client and based on the client's
expertise.
Simplicity does not mean that there is no need to learn anything, again there is a great need to understand why specific SF practices exist,
such as the miracle question or reframing the problem into the goal.
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