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Evan George continues his description of what it was about the Solution Focused approach that engaged him all those year ago, and which continues to enthrall him so many years later.

Leonard Cohen sang 'there is a crack in everything - that's how the light gets in'. Steve de Shazer was similarly struck by the utility of imperfection. Chris Iveson takes this as his starting point for an exploration of Solution Focused Practice.

In 1987 Evan fell in love with Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Here Evan tries to begin to explain why - and why his passion for the approach has lasted so long with no signs of abating.

Harvey Ratner invites us to think again about the idea of 'normalising', a technique that has fallen out of favour in Solution Focused Practice.

One of the most common outcomes sought by participants on our Foundation Level 3 courses and beyond is to “develop my own style” to which I say, “Forget it!” Chris Iveson shares his thoughts.

Harvey Ratner explores further the complex and subtle relationship between Solution Talk and Problem Talk. It is not as simple as it might initially appear.

Evan George tackles the frequently asked question 'why do Solution Focused practitioners spend so long focusing on a detailed description of the preferred future?'.

We know that in Solution Focused Therapy legitimation for the worker's intervention comes exclusively from the answer to the 'best hopes' question. What if our preferred ways of thinking about people are impositional? Evan George explores this thought.

Evan George lists twenty-five ideas about clients and therapy that make good outcomes less likely and yet seem to be characteristic of the way that many workers seem to describe their work.

The question is raised over and over about the place of 'empathy' in the Solution Focused approach - here Evan George shares some very tentative thoughts as a starting point for discussion and further thinking.