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How do organizational consultants benefit from the solution-focused approach?

The solution-focused approach was developed in psychotherapy in the 1980's at the Brief Familty T

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Added by Coert Visser on December 7, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

The Thinktank That Created The Solution-Focused Approach - Interview with Eve Lipchik

By Coert Visser

Eve Lipchik was one of the original core members of the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, which created solution-focused th

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Added by Coert Visser on November 17, 2009 at 7:35pm — No Comments

20 Solution Focused techniques

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Added by Coert Visser on November 4, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Presupposing Agency and Responsilbility

In their wonderful book Becoming Solution-Focused in Brief Therapy, John Walter and Jane Peller describe the usefulness of using question to our clients which contain presuppositions which form invitations to clients to enter a different way of thinking. These questions reflect that we see them as capable, responsible people who want to and can make sensible decision

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Added by Coert Visser on November 1, 2009 at 10:23am — 1 Comment

Solution-Focused Assumptions

In many books, if not all, onthe solution-focused approach a list of basic assumptions, underlying the approach can be found. These lists of assumptions overlap of course but also vary to some extent and have some unique features each time. Here are a few lists I found in some books on the solution-focused approach. I hope you'll like them and I am curious what you think a… Continue

Added by Coert Visser on October 5, 2009 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

When did the potential of the solution-focused approach first hit you?

My question today is: When did the potential of the solution-focused approach first hit you?

Here is my story: It was about ten years ago. I was walking in a large bookstore. It had been a while since I had bought a book and today I was determined to find me something interesting to read. Only, I did not have a clue what it could be. Then I saw a modest pile of books which dre

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Added by Coert Visser on July 10, 2009 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments

Which books have fundamentally changed the way you think?

I am curious about this: what 2 or 3 (or 4) books have fundamentally changed

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Added by Coert Visser on June 21, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Pratenonline.nl - free and anonymous access for youth to highly trained solution-focused professionals

One of the most interesting and innovative initiat

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Added by Coert Visser on June 7, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

The power of self-found internal solutions

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Added by Coert Visser on May 25, 2009 at 6:50am — 2 Comments

Positive Expectation Creators

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Added by Coert Visser on May 15, 2009 at 8:03pm — No Comments

Solution Focused Scaling Questions

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Added by Coert Visser on April 14, 2009 at 5:31pm — 4 Comments

Why are professionals attracted to solution-focused approaches?

Tara Hirst sent me an email with an interesting question. Her question was

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Added by Coert Visser on April 13, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Improve the solution-focused entry on wikipedia

I am calling out to solution-focused practitioners to improve the Wikip

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Added by Coert Visser on April 5, 2009 at 5:38pm — 1 Comment

9 indications that intelligence can be developed

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What it takes for professionals to change their professional views

Leo Tolstoy (photo) once said: "I know that most men, including th

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Added by Coert Visser on March 13, 2009 at 4:31pm — 7 Comments

Solution-Focused Scaling Questions

Steve De Shazer, an American thera

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Added by Coert Visser on February 18, 2009 at 6:11pm — No Comments

The use of scaling questions when there are multiple interrelated goals

Scaling questions are extremely versatile solution-focused tools. Many people know that they can be used to help create progress in the direction of a desired situation. For instance, when a coachee wants to improve his commercial skills a coach may use a scaling question. The 10 position on the scale could be the situation in which the coachee would be satisfied with his commercial skills. The 0 position could be the situation in which the coa

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Added by Coert Visser on February 4, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Highly effective tutors: how do they do it?

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Added by Coert Visser on January 21, 2009 at 2:04pm — 2 Comments

The Amazing Brown

I am not sure how off topic this post is but here it goes:

Gwenda Schlundt Bodien, knowing of my interest in skepticism, mentioned Derren Brown to me. This guy does illusionist tri

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Added by Coert Visser on December 19, 2008 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Improving language - improving life

Through the years, my appreciation for deliberately developing language

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Added by Coert Visser on December 6, 2008 at 10:23am — 7 Comments

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How do organizational consultants benefit from the solution-focused approach?

Posted by Coert Visser on December 7, 2009 at 5:40pm

Clean Language and SF

Posted by Judy Rees on November 25, 2009 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Meeting with Agile software pioneer Alistair Cockburn

Posted by Mark McKergow on November 23, 2009 at 12:12pm — 3 Comments

The Thinktank That Created The Solution-Focused Approach - Interview with Eve Lipchik

Posted by Coert Visser on November 17, 2009 at 7:35pm