Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) can be described as one of the most widely used therapeutic approaches in the world. It is an innovative model for working with people based on a lot of experience and research. Unlike traditional forms of therapy, which spend time analyzing problems, pathology, and events of the past, SFBT focuses on finding solutions in the present, exploring possibilities for the future, and developing pragmatic ways to address problems.

In the late 1970s, Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg and their colleagues at BFTC, Milwaukee laid the groundwork for SFBT. And as if quite naturally over time, the development of the method has expanded to non-clinical contexts - in private centers, school structures, business organizations, etc. The philosophy and ideas of SFBT are also the basis of many coaching models.

Professionals practicing Solution Focused Brief Therapy are experts at having effective therapeutic conversations. They are interested in clients' resources, coping abilities, ways of motivating, hoping for, achieving, and sustaining desired behavioral change, and a future orientation evoking positive emotions. They are exceptional masters in:

The effectiveness of SFBT is also due to the fact that it has been developed inductively in practice through continuous exploration of therapy sessions and conversations to achieve therapy goals. Researchers have found that the efficacy, practicality and optimistic nature of the approach transfer well across cultures and contexts. SFBT allows clients to maintain their daily routines, normal professional functioning, family relationships and personal dignity while addressing their mental health issues.