I agree that asking the questions in a conversation can be more powerful than when one asks themselves the questions. And since there is so much self-help that doesn’t really help out there I do hope that more Solution Focused therapists and coaches create self-help materials.

Rodney

Yes, doing all that IS Solution-Focused!!
And I am very impressed by how thoroughly you follow the process: what you describe is exactly the way a SF practitioner would go!!
I am very glad it works for you and it helps finding your own solutions.

You are right.
There is room for SF self-help: and, as you say, you are a perfect case in point!
I just believe that asking those questions in a conversation greatly enhances the process – asking oneself those questions is effective, being asked those questions is ever more effective.

Thanks again for your insights,
ciao,
Paolo

I’m not an expert of course, however, I think that it must be possible for one to use SF for self-help. I’m a perfect case in point. I use the principles to create my own solutions. It’s not exactly the same as being with a coach of course but I use the same concepts. I find the desired future and it’s positive consequences. I scale how close I am to this future. I identify specific behaviors to move me higher up the scale. I find past experiences of using these behaviors and examine how I was able to produce results in the past.

Isn’t doing all this Solutions Focus?

Rodney

Two things:
- re SF self-help: nothing has been published BUT as I was talking with other colleagues it would be kind of a contradiction; we base SF practice on the interaction and lacking that one essential element of SF is not present
- re website: big news are coming, and the website will undergo a major revam next month to reflect these changes – I thought it would be this month, but some details still need to be worked out; so hang in there, and thanks again for following :))