PSY 231 Assignment 9 SFBT & Narrative Therapy

Watch the Gwen & Stan SFBT and Narrative Therapy videos on MindTap, and respond to the following 6 questions:

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Applied to the Case of Gwen

1. What did the therapist do to help Gwen determine ways to move forward with her problem in the SFBT video? Describe.

1. If you were a client, how would it be for you to think of exceptions to one of your problems?

1. What value do you see in the miracle question? In what situations would you want to use this technique with a client?

1. How effective do you think is the scaling technique that involves a person being asked to rate a change in a particular behavior on a scale from zero to 10? Why?

Narrative Therapy Applied to the Case of Stan

1. What did you notice about Stan when he talked about changes he would make in his life when comparing it to the process of remodeling a house? Describe.

1. What specific aspects of solution-focused brief therapy and/or narrative therapywould you most like to incorporate into your style of counseling and why?