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Match SFBT Terms and Defintions

Expanding upon experiences to


Exceptions achieve a desired change or goal

Therapist validates what a client is


Evoking
doing well

Moments when problems were less


Negotiating
severe or did not occur

Doing more of what is working or


Compliment
trying something new

Describing problems in a way that


Experiment
allows for future possibilities

"Problem talk creates problems,


solution talk creates solutions."

- Steve de Shazer, co-founder of the solution


focused brief therapy approach
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SFBT Techniques

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Circle the SFBT strategies

Ask questions Sensorimotor

Belonging/love Develop goals

Identify previous solutions Emphasize strengths

Identity vs Role confusion Physiological needs

Conventional moral reasoning Give compliments

Look for exceptions Accommodation

Bonus points!
Match the non-SFBT terms with their theories
Hints:
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Kohlberg's theory of moral development
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development

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Unscramble the SFBT key concepts

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Find the SFBT terms

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Answer Key
Expanding upon experiences to
Exceptions achieve a desired change or goal

Therapist validates what a client is


Evoking
doing well

Moments when problems were less


Negotiating
severe or did not occur

Doing more of what is working or


Compliment
trying something new

Describing problems in a way that


Experiment
allows for future possibilities

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SFBT strategies

Ask questions Sensorimotor

Belonging/love Develop goals

Identify previous solutions Emphasize strengths

Identity vs Role confusion Physiological needs

Conventional moral reasoning Give compliments

Look for exceptions Accommodation

Non- SFBT Theories


Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Kohlberg's theory of moral development
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development
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