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Brief therapy exists within a time-limited framework and is solution-based. It uses a number of different approaches aimed at identifying and solving specific issues. Rather than focusing on past problems, its practitioners focus on the present and future, encouraging their clients to
work incrementally towards a future goal, in an effort to free themselves from their problem.
History
Psychotherapists Steve De Shazer and his wife Insoo Kim Berg developed the approach at the
Brief Family Therapy Centre in Milwaukee during the 1980s. They based their work on other pioneers of the movement such as Gregory Bateson and Paul Watzlawick, based at the Mental Research Unit. They would be responsible for a dramatic direction change with regards to the practice of therapy.
Approach
Solution focused brief therapy is part of the
Systems Therapies approach. It is a hugely popular kind of counselling and is now in great demand. Therapy usually lasts between three to five sessions and is intended to provide clients with solutions that will help bring about positive change.
How can it help?
This type of therapy is suitable for anybody who feels that they need to address certain issues in their life. It is used extensively to treat a wide range of conditions and problems such as
anger,
sleeping difficulties, anxiety,
stress and depression. It's also useful for dealing with
work-related issues.
Related resources
Brief Family Therapy Centre
Brief Therapy Practice
United Kingdom Association for Solution Focused Practice
