Learning under Maria Angeles (Jelly) Virata, MA, RGC, MSFP. Master Solution Focused Practitioner (Trained in John Kennedy, for MA in counselling psychology), ICF certified coach

Upgrading my skills through advanced modules on Solution-Focused Therapy. The theory works on the assumption that remaining positive in problem solving is more than half the solution to the problem. Therapist is acts as guide as client finds his solution to the problem. It is the client who know what is the best solution to the problem— she is the expert in her own life. The solution focused approach focuses on client’s strengths, competencies, “what is going well”, “what is working” , and actions forwards preferred futures.

Unlike other therapies that promotes the need to understand why an event happened, in this approach, there is no need to understand the why an event happened. It simply focus on the client’s resources. Through the process, the client and therapist look for exceptions of the times when the problem occurred, look for small wins to build large change because it is thorough small wins that clients experience themselves as competent and successful to make change.