

Listening to the client also means that when the client says that the work is done – the work is done.For the worker who has developed professionally in a culture dominated by the idea of underlying causation, this change might be hard to make and the worker will tend to be constantly assailed with a worry that her work is superficial and failing to get to the root of the problem. The worker in such an instance would need to put away her thought that the client should work on her experience of childhood sexual abuse. A client may for example describe her wish to improve her relationship with her partner. For example the worker has to accept the client’s goals for the piece of work, even if the worker feels that the goals are not the right goals. The potential disadvantages of this are clear and varied. The worker cannot take the position that the client really means something else or that if the client were well she would be saying something else. What the client says is what the client means. The worker has to listen to the client and has to take what the client says seriously.It is hardly surprising that on solution focused courses participants are lead to ask about the disadvantages of using solution focused brief therapy.Īs is often the case disadvantages tend to be the converse of and closely related to advantages. Some of the disadvantages of using solution focused brief therapy can be summarised as follows: Ups and downs, in and outs, strengths and weaknesses. What are the disadvantages of Solution Focused Therapy?
