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TY - JOUR
T1 - Solution-focused brief therapy from the perspective of clients with long-term physical health conditions
AU - Carr, Sharon
AU - Smith, Ian
AU - Simm, Rebecca
PY - 2013/10/1
Y1 - 2013/10/1
N2 - As long-term physical health conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent in our society, interventions are needed to help individuals live as well as possible. The research explores participants' experiences of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) with a view to determining helpful aspects of this. Eleven service users were interviewed, and interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Participants' responsibility for change and the strengths and resources they possessed were highlighted, along with the focus within therapy on goals. A number of specific SFBT techniques that were perceived as helpful during therapy were described such as reframing, competence talk and reflectiveness, as well as other factors that enabled engagement with the psychologist.
AB - As long-term physical health conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent in our society, interventions are needed to help individuals live as well as possible. The research explores participants' experiences of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) with a view to determining helpful aspects of this. Eleven service users were interviewed, and interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Participants' responsibility for change and the strengths and resources they possessed were highlighted, along with the focus within therapy on goals. A number of specific SFBT techniques that were perceived as helpful during therapy were described such as reframing, competence talk and reflectiveness, as well as other factors that enabled engagement with the psychologist.
KW - SFBT
KW - long-term physical health
KW - qualitative
U2 - 10.1080/13548506.2013.824594
DO - 10.1080/13548506.2013.824594
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 384
EP - 391
JO - Psychology, Health and Medicine
JF - Psychology, Health and Medicine
SN - 1354-8506
IS - 4
ER -