What is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy?

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a short-term, goal-oriented therapeutic approach that focuses on the present and future. SFBT therapists believe that you already have the skills you need to achieve your goals, but you might need assistance identifying and applying them.

SFBT is suitable for a range of mental health concerns. If you are interested in achieving a goal, working on interpersonal skills, or identifying personal strengths, SFBT could benefit you.

Your therapist will ask you what your life would look like if the problem you bring to counseling didn’t exist. Your counselor will work with you to identify ways to make this imagined possibility a reality.

Therapists Who Specialize in Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Brenda Swift, MS, LPC

Bridgeton

Missouri

Are you always tired or sleeping too little or too much? Do you have headaches and stress? Are you bored with your life, but don’t know what you enjoy or what interests you? Maybe it’s time for a change, but you can’t let go of the past. I specialize in helping depressed and anxious people analyze and see their circumstances differently. I consider the whole body. How you live, eat, sleep, and...

Taylor Barragan, LMFT, RN, CLC

Sunnyvale

California

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and current psychiatric nurse practitioner student. I also have training as a lactation counselor and in perinatal mental health. I work with people experiencing perinatal mental health challenges, grief, and loss. I also have extensive experience working with anxiety, depression, burnout and relationship issues.