A solution-focused therapy metaphor
Beth Main
Nov
18
2016
As you may have read elsewhere on this site, I favor a solution-focused approach to psychotherapy. Traditional therapy tends to spend a lot of time analyzing the history and scope of a problem. Solution-focused therapy, on the other hand, starts with a vision of how you want things to be. We look for exceptions to the problem, focus on what is working well, and discover sources of strength.
This metaphor from internationally recognized psychologist Fredrike Bannink describes it perfectly: