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2020 has been a really tough year and the temptation to just move on, to see what 2021 might hold for us, has been strong. But Evan George suggests that you don't move on too quickly. 2020 might hold hidden treasures. This is how to find them, BRIEF's treasure map.

Participants on courses not infrequently show interest in the relationship between Solution Focused Brief Therapy and the Person-Centred approach. Evan George shares some thoughts on the similarities and the differences.

How we think about what we do is important since how we conceptualise impacts the delivery. Here Evan George writes about an idea that underpins everything that we do.

People in our Solution Focused world are referring to the concept of 'Hope' more and more frequently. Evan George wonders whether it might not be leading us into traps and difficulties.

Trust is at the heart of Solution Focused Practice. Evan George explores the ways in which trust turns up in our way of working.

In what sense can we think of change as happening 'spontaneously' in the Solution Focused approach. Evan George shares his thoughts.

Evan has long been interested in the idea of making change easier an idea that oddly seems to meet with suspicion. It really does seem that we can make change harder for people or decide to make it easier and SFBT is really great at making it easier.

Describing the Preferred Future, the life that contains the 'Best Hopes', lies right at the heart of Solution Focused practice. Here Evan George picks out four of the key points that we can usefully bear in mind in our work.

Harvey Ratner describes his work with Project 5 offering a free mental health/support service to NHS staff working through the pandemic.

Chris Iveson explores the simple and yet crucial difference between the questions 'why?' and 'how?'. This distinction lies at the heart of the Solution Focused approach.