Solution Focused Brief Family Therapy (SFBT) for working with Couples and Families

Solution Focused Brief Family Therapy (SFBT) is a future-focused, goal-oriented approach to therapy that uses questions designed to identify exceptions (times when the problem does not occur or could occur less in the clients’ life), solutions ( a description what life will be like when the problem is gone or resolved), and scales, which are used both to measure the clients’ current level of progress toward a solution and reveal the behaviors needed to achieve or maintain further progress (Trepper at al., 2006). It is one of the family systems approaches making it useful for working with couples and families. This model was developed over the last 50 years first in the United States and eventually evolving around the world. SFBT takes a distinctly postmodern approach and suggests that instead of examining clients’ problems, therapists should focus on discovering solutions with their clients.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss how to use Solution Focused Brief Family Therapy (SFBT) along with Psychodrama to work with couples and families
2. Practice SFBT and Psychodrama interventions and techniques for working with couples and families