| Abstract: |
In the palliative care setting, there is a degree of uncertainty regarding how much time we will have with our patients and their families. Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a strengths based intervention that can provide effective, evidence informed support to our patients and families in a limited amount of time. The goal of SFBT is to explore a person's pre-existing strengths and coping strategies, and determine how they can be utilized to address issues in the present. SFBT utilizes techniques similar to those found in cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy, all of which are utilized within palliative care. Single-session interventions frequently occur within health settings for a multitude of reasons. The major components of SFBT include a strong therapeutic alliance, investigation of past solutions, exceptions to their presenting problem, questions regarding the present or future, compliments, experiments and homework, and the creation of solution-focused goals through the "miracle question." SFBT illuminates the beauty of human connection, the power of goals, and the innate abilities that people possess to weather the storms they encounter in their lives. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) |
