Goal setting — psychotherapy techniques

Harm Reduction within Solution-Focused Framework

The Bruges Model does not require abstinence as a mandatory condition of treatment. Harm reduction is organically built into the SF approach…

Bruges

Preferred Future Question / Miracle Question

The client is invited to describe in detail life without the problem or with the problem solved. In the Bruges adaptation the emphasis is no…

Bruges

Therapeutic Contract Negotiation

Unlike directive approaches, the goal of treatment — including the choice between abstinence and controlled use — is formulated together wit…

Bruges

Working Towards Client-Defined Goals

A principled stance of the Bruges Model: the therapist never works toward a goal the client does not share, even if that goal seems "correct…

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