WHAT IS SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY (SFT)?
Solution-focused therapy is a brief and clinically effective treatment method. The goal of solution-focused therapy is to empower clients by helping them envision future goals for themselves, and identify positive directions in their lives. A key tenet in solution-focused therapy is that causes of problems are often extremely complex, but usually their solutions do not need to be. By helping clients find positive direction and identify practical solutions to difficult problems, clients feel less helpless, hopeless, and more able to actively address difficulties head-on. If you’d like to schedule an appointment or speak with someone to get more information, visit here.
Clear Mind Counseling therapists are experts in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT).
Several components differentiate CBT and SFT from more traditional talk-therapy:
Present-focus: Rather than focus primarily on the past as a way of divining insight, current problems are the focus and target of treatment. It may very well be that current problems were triggered by events from the past, however, it is the events of the present that are maintaining the problems.
Emphasis on strengths, not weaknesses: Traditional talk therapy views change as a process in which an unhealthy individual treats their pathology to become healthier. Alternatively, CBT and SFT recognize that everyone has a mix of strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, it is people’s strengths that help them overcome problems. CBT and SFT helps people identify the strengths they’ve used to overcome problems in the past, and rally them to solve the challenges of today.
Goal oriented: The aim of solution-focused therapy is to help clients identify small, achievable steps toward their goals, and support people through completing these steps, one step at a time. By breaking up overwhelming tasks into smaller steps, people feel more empowered to take charge of their lives as they see the changes they wanted to make are achievable.
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Specialties
DEPRESSION AND SADNESS
ANXIETY, FEAR AND STRESS
MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIP CONCERNS
INFIDELITY
DIVORCE
MAJOR LIFE CHANGES
DATING AND BREAKUPS
LONELINESS
GRIEF AND LOSS
CREATING HEALTHY BOUNDARIES IN RELATIONSHIPS
COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES
FORGIVENESS
ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
ANGER, SHAME AND GUILT
CHRONIC PAIN
HEALTH ISSUES
SEXUAL OR PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION
COUNSELING FOR MEN