Case Studies

The man in the Hi Viz jacket.....
I had to add this short conversation to the Case Studies page because it deserves to be recorded along with any account of Solution Focused thinking and doing: I was standing at a tube station in central London,deciding whether to brave the cramped conditions or to walkback up the staircase and out to thelovely day above, whenI noticed aman in a "High Visibility"waistcoat: also waitin... - Read more

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Silent Session for hesitant client on the telephone......
I have often talked about how we talk with clients over the phone or on Facetime or Skype (with video or audio alone, dependant on the client’s wishes) but the following is a great example, I think, of using our Silent Session over the phone with a client. “Rachel” was just so resistant to talking about anything and who was just about to cancel the telephone session. With Rach... - Read more

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Callum's
It is advisable to read Callum's first session (In Recovery - a forever state of mind?) before reading this, his second session. Callum - good to see you. I was just looking over the notes from our first session and smiling at your "beardy bloke" comments - do you feel a bit more or less "beardy bloke" since we last met? LAUGHS:I remember. Yep - going good, I was thinking o... - Read more

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"In Recovery" - a forever state of mind?
This session is a recording of a 52 year old man "Callum".Callum had spent many years in and out of prison and drug rehabilitation units for Class A drug addiction.Callum had been "clean" as he described it for 9 years, regularly went to NA meetings and was committed to the ethos of "in recovery" being a phase that is lifelong. Henow ran a small, successful manufactur... - Read more

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Solution Focused Session: Early intervention with alcohol issues
This is the transcript of a conversation with a 22 year old man who promised his brother he would see someone about "getting his alcohol problem under control" and who "only had 20 minutes because I have a dentist appointment".Paul's first concern, apart from his obvious desire to get out of the session as quickly as possible was how much he would be expected to talk about his ... - Read more

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A 5 minute Solution Focused conversation with a 6 year old
EM:So Roberto- Miss K is wanting you to sit still on the carpet at reading time. What's happening then? RR: I do sit still, she doesnt see me. EM: Ah, so tell me, what do you look like when you are sitting still and listening on the carpet at reading time? RR: Like this...................................... EM: Ok. What does Miss K see? ... - Read more

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The client is the expert
Language is a precursor for action(Toni Morrison) The following transcipt is from a one-to-one session with a 13 year old boy who caused concern following his extremely aggressive behaviour. There were also concerns that he had learnt this behaviour from his childhood in a country where he had seen street violence and feudal wars as an everyday occurence. (Names have been changed) EM: Thanks... - Read more

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