Chapter 13: Solution-Focused Behavior Therapy
1. Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer met and were trained at:
2. In contrast to the manner in which Berg and de Shazer were trained in Palo Alto, they
decided it was best to focus on:
3. Which is not an aspect of solution-focused therapy’s view of human nature?
4. Which of the following did not work at the Mental Research Institute or the Brief Family
Therapy Center within that institute?
5. Which of the following best describes solution-focused therapy?
6. Of the following, which of the following is not responsible for the development and
popularity of SFBT?
7. All but which of the following are true about Solution-Focused Brief Therapy?
8. All but which of the following influenced de Shazer’s development of SFBT?
9. Solution-focused brief therapy has been identified as:
10. One who practices SFBT posits the view that:
11. All but which of the following are true relative to SFBT?
12. All but which of the following are descriptive of SFBT?
13. Freedman and Combs (1996) four premises summarizes the view of human nature of SFBT.
Which of the following is not one of these?
14. Which of the following philosophy suggests that language used and the discourses we have
with others are key in the development of reality?
15. All but which of the following describes post-modernism?
16. Which of the following would be helpful to ask a client when using SFBT?
17. All but which of the following are key concepts of SFBT?
18. Which is not a key concept of solution-focused counseling?
19. All but which of the following describe SFBT?
20. DeJong, Berg and deShazer describe three types of clients which address their level of
readiness for change, namely:
21. A client is ready to work on defining his or her preferred goals and on problem solving. This
client would be viewed as a:
22. A client seeks SFBT whom is able to identify his or her problem but is having a difficult time
coming up with the solution. This client would be termed a:
23. Of the items below, which is not one of solution-focused therapy’s basic assumptions?
24. Of the items below, which is not one of SFBT’s basic assumptions?
25. The general focus of SFBT includes all but which of the following?
26. All but which of the following are commonly used techniques in SFBT?
27. The major purpose of showing curiosity, respect, and acceptance is to:
28. When a solution-focused therapist begins question with, “Could it be that..?”, “Am I correct
in assuming…?” or “I would guess that….”, he or she is demonstrating the technique of:
29. DeJong and Berg (2002) identify holding a “not knowing posture” as:
30. In solution-focused therapy, the “not knowing posture” is related to which of the following?
31. From a solution-focused perspective, questions may be generally classified in all but which
of the following areas?
32. When a solution-focused therapist asks a client what they would like their future to look
like, the therapist is using which of the following techniques?
33. ______________questions focus on whether client behaviors have had a positive effect on
the client’s life and in what manner they have helped the client achieve his or her goals.
34. Asking, “How will you know that coming here has been worthwhile for you?” is what kind of
question?
35. In response to some questions, a client states that she was able to deal with her problems
in the past and gives specific ways that she accomplished this. What kind of questions was the
therapist likely asking?
36. In response to some questions, a client states that she there were a few times in her life
when the problem did not exist and she expands on what here life was like at those times.
What kind of questions was the therapist likely asking?
37. The technique of _____________is useful in reaching the goal of staying away from
problem talk and building on client successes.
38. I tell a client that I am so proud that he has been able to find new and positive ways of
talking with his children. I ask him to tell me all the ways he did this in the past week. In this
example the therapist is:
39. A solution-focused therapist has been working with Charlie to help him communicate with
his teen-age daughter. After Charlie reports progress, his therapist responds, “Sounds like you
did a great job at working on building your relationship back up with your daughter.” This is an
example of :
40. Calling a person’s way of acting a “personality style” instead of labeling a person as having a
“personality disorder” is an example of:
41. To assess client progress, I ask a client to rate herself between a 0 and a 10 on an imaginary
scale. This is called:
42. Reframing is:
43. Which of the following is the solution-focused therapist likely to do?
44. Which is not a stage in solution-focused therapy?
45. In the first stages of counseling, which is the solution-focused therapist not likely to do?”
46. With the knowledge that clients are generally likely to change when they seek counseling,
the therapist asks the client to become cognizant of any changes that are made prior to the first
scheduled session. This is an example of:
47. Techniques of scaling, listening and empathy, and complimenting are used in which stages
of SFBT?
48. All but which of the following are true relative to SFBT’s social, cultural and spiritual issues?
49. SBFT would be less effective for which of the following groups?
51. Which of the following is not a recent or current solution focused brief therapist?
52. All but which of the following is true regarding SFBT?
True/False
1. Milton Erickson is often considered the early forerunner of the solution-focused brief
2. In solution-focused therapy, customers are shopping around to see if therapy is right for
3. Wittgenstein believed that language was critical to the development of a person’s reality and
4. In solution-focused therapy, pre-session change is change you might see prior to the client
5. In solution-focused therapy, empathy is an unlikely skill because it will prolong the
7. The acceptance on the part of solution-focused therapists to embrace the medical model and
9. What is unique about the Miracle Question is its focus on the future and on solutions and not
10. Solution-focused therapists would almost assuredly believe that any one religion does not
hold “truth,” yet, they could still effectively work with clients from varying religious
11. In the development of solution-focused brief therapy, Berg, de Shazer, and others decided
12. In the development of solution-focused brief therapy, Berg, de Shazer, and others found
15. The pre-cursor to the development of SFBT can be traced back to the master therapist,