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Stepping straight into the Solution Focused world for those who have been using a problem focused approach is, for many, not easy. Here Harvey Ratner is suggesting a Stepping Stone, a possible staging post to facilitate the shift.

How do Solution Focused practitioners think about 'problem-talk'? Evan George responds to the question 'do some people need to talk about their problem in depth?'.

What do we do about making next appointments? Does it make a difference. Evan George shares some thoughts.

The way that session endings have changed reflects our changing thinking about the Solution Focused approach. Evan George shares his personal journey, where he started and where he has reached.

Evan George offers the field a new concept which might perhaps find its way into the mainstream of Solution Focused practice and thinking.

Evan George comes back to the question of 'integration', one of the most commonly asked questions on Solution Focused trainings. 'Can you integrate Solution Focus with other approaches?' - Evan is clear about his thoughts on this.

When asked which question he could not manage without in his therapy Steve de Shazer used to answer the scale question. His answer used to surprise people who were expecting him to say the miracle question. Harvey Ratner might well agree with him!

Evan George explores what the Solution Focused approach does that turns apparently 'tough referrals' into so-called 'easy cases'.

Evan's third piece on what he loves about the Solution Focused approach - and this time he focuses on 'demystification'. Therapy really does not have to be complicated. Complexity is a choice and a choice that risks excluding.

At the heart of Solution Focused practice is a detailed description of the preferred future. Here Chris Iveson reminds us of a simple, and useful, way of structuring those descriptions.