Description:
In part 3 of this three-part series on Solution Focused Counseling, the presenter, Mary Bunn (LCSW), describes the 10 steps of solution-focused counseling, and demonstrates through a case example how steps 1-4 might be implemented.
This presentation was recorded at the Meeting Social Services Needs in the Current Climate training institute held in Evanston, IL in August 2012.
Mary Bunn defines solution-focused (or task-focused) counseling as a short-term, practical, strengths-based approach that focuses on identifying client concerns. She goes on to address the key features of this approach:
- It is resilience- and strengths-focused
- It’s action-oriented, not insight-focused
- It is present-focused rather than examining the client’s past
- It uses a collaborative relationship
- It breaks problems into manageable pieces and focuses on only one problem at a time
Bunn notes that this approach is especially helpful in the initial stage of treatment.
Make sure you watch the other two videos in this series:
- Part 1 – Introduction to Solution Focused Counseling
- Part 2 – Solution Focused Counseling and Torture Survivors