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Hi Pat,
It's so nice to see your smiling face online!
Yep, I could not resist in the end...especially after I received an invitation to join the Italian SOL group!
How are you?
Are you still sure you cannot make the next session of the program in earl December or maybe there is chance I may get to see you soon? :-)

Love,
Bene

Hi Pat, welcome to the group!
It sounds very interesting what you wrote and I am glad to add you as new resource. Thanks for joining this group.
Have a nice day, Barbara

Hello Pat, Nice to hear from you. SF + ALSs, eh? Sounds good. I've found John Sharry's book 'Solution Focused Group Work' very helpful and he has a good chapter on SF group supervision which you might like. You've also obviously struck pay dirt, or done a great job with the commissioning conversation - with a Trust who can release its sisters for such a thing - rare in my opinion!
In supervision groups I usually do a Best Hopes exercise at the start, then teach some SF concepts, eg appreciation, looking for forward movement, scaling etc - also the idea of listening carefully to the person talking, not interrupting etc. Also careful timekeeping - often forgotten! I model the idea of being curious + SF questions, rather than giving suggestions or recommendations (sometimes hard for nurses who have been trained to 'fix' stuff).
The penny usually drops quite quickly and in some of my groups I can leave them to do it themselves - a permanent facilitator is a luxury!
All the best,
Carole