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SFBT

11 techniques · 1 approach
Bruges
Compliments and End-of-Session Feedback
Compliments and End-of-Session Feedback
A structured feedback at the end of the session: the therapist gives compliments (recognition of the client's efforts and resources) and off…
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Coping Questions
Coping Questions
Open questions aimed at uncovering how the client is coping with a difficult situation — even when "nothing helps". Especially important for…
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Exception-Finding, Bruges Adaptation
Exception-Finding, Bruges Adaptation
The search for periods when problem use was absent or less pronounced, and a detailed inquiry into what the client did differently in those …
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Four Levels of Engagement
Four Levels of Engagement
Isebaert expanded de Shazer's classical three-level typology to four levels: Uncommitted, Searching, Consultative, Expert. The level determi…
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Harm Reduction within Solution-Focused Framework
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…
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Pre-Session Change Questions
Pre-Session Change Questions
The inquiry into changes that occurred between booking the appointment and the first meeting. Some clients notice improvements already in th…
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Preferred Future Question / Miracle Question
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…
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Progress Inquiry / "What's Better?" Opening
Progress Inquiry / "What's Better?" Opening
Every following session begins with the question of what has improved since the last meeting. This sets an orientation toward change rather …
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Scaling Questions — Motivation and Confidence
Scaling Questions — Motivation and Confidence
Two separate scales for two different parameters: motivation to change (how much I want) and confidence in success (how much I can). A gap b…
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Solution-Focused Relapse Conversation
Solution-Focused Relapse Conversation
A key difference of the Bruges Model from traditional programs: relapse is not seen as a failure requiring prevention, but as part of the pr…
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Working Towards Client-Defined Goals
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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