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Since the late 1990's when BRIEF started using this question it has spread across the SF globe. Here Evan George carefully deconstructs it and examines it in detail.

Should we think of Solution Focused Practice as an art or a craft or indeed as both and what difference does it make? Evan George ponders on the difference.

Lock-down has been really tough for many people. This series of 7 reflective exercises invites us to learn something that may prove useful about ourselves, those around us and our 'new normal' futures. Have a go.

Evan George responds to Yvette Stanley's interesting piece on 'creating an environment for excellence in residential care'.

This may be the time for others to learn something that SFBT practitioners have long known namely that it behoves us to choose the words that we use with huge care.

Harvey Ratner writes about the way that scales questions help to keep him on track in his work.

Sarah Kupke writes about the difference that her training in SF has made in her role as Head of Campus at the International School of Stuttgart, Sindelfingen Campus.

Evan George considers two words that are foundational in Solution Focused Practice - the words trust and belief. Is belief the same as trust or is belief a little different from trust? Does trust encapsulate belief or does the idea of belief add something independently in our work?

Evan George explores some thoughts about what is going on when people are describing their preferred futures. The Solution Focused approach is far from obvious in so many ways.

Solution Focus has been adopted with enthusiasm in schools and education more broadly. Our friend Yasmin Ajmal gives us a host of examples to show how SF can be used by teachers in the classroom. Yasmin and Harvey Ratner have recently published Solution Focused Practice in Schools: 80 Ideas and Strategies and Harvey will be delivering a two-day programme Solution Focus in Education on 16th & 17th March in London.