[[Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)]] - Pre-session change question - What changes have you noticed since our last session? - what would need to happen today to make it a useful session - Small, tangible, positively framed goals - Small goals - Homework that is DEFINTELY doable - Miracle question - This question must yield realistic solutions, hypothetical/fantasy don't count - Circular questions, what would X notice about you that a miracle happened? - Go from miracle question into exception questions - When was the last time you actually experienced that? Even a little bit of it. - Therapist must avoid giving unsolicited suggestions - Scaling questions - On a scale of 1 to 10... - Used to track progress/change session to session - Can also follow up with exception questions - When was the last time you felt that? - if a number is not changing, focus on "what prevented the number from getting worse?" - Keep it stength focused - Exceptions - Tell me what it's like when you aren't feeling mad at mom