[[Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)]] - focus on problems keeps us stuck - problems do not serve a function - clients **want** change - no such thing as resistance - resistance is viewed as people's natural protective mechanism or therapist error - focus on present/future only - language creates reality - therapist/client relationship is key - non pathologizing - assumes clients has strengths - only need one small change to start a snowball effect - problem is not occurring all the time - clients are experts on their lives