Therapy Approaches
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Edmond, Oklahoma
Build from what is already working.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, often called SFBT, is a practical and collaborative approach. It helps you clarify what you want to be different, recognize strengths and exceptions, and identify manageable steps toward the future you want.
Understanding SFBT
The problem is not the whole story.
When something feels stuck, it can begin to take up all the space. A solution-focused approach helps widen the view by asking what you want instead, when pieces of that preferred future may already be happening, and what could make a small difference next.
This does not dismiss pain or pretend that change is simple. It keeps therapy connected to your goals while respecting the context, experiences, and barriers that shape your life.
A solution-focused perspective
Look for possibility without minimizing what is hard.
The approach shifts attention toward useful information that can support movement.
Instead of only asking
Why does this keep happening?
We may also explore
When is it a little easier?
Then consider
What would a meaningful next step look like?
What sessions may include
Small steps can create useful information.
SFBT often uses focused questions, reflection, scaling, and collaborative experiments. These tools help make goals more specific and turn broad hopes into choices you can test in real life.
Describe what you want
You and your therapist clarify what you hope will feel different in daily life, relationships, or the way you respond to a concern.
Notice useful exceptions
You explore times when the concern was less intense, shorter, or easier to manage and identify what may have helped.
Recognize your resources
Therapy makes room for the strengths, supports, decisions, and past efforts that can inform what comes next.
Choose a workable step
You identify a small action or experiment that feels realistic enough to try, then review what you learn from it.
Brief does not mean rushed
The timeline stays responsive to you.
The word brief describes a focused way of working, not a promise that every concern will resolve within a certain number of sessions. Therapy may be short-term or continue longer depending on your needs, goals, circumstances, and progress.
A solution-focused approach may support
Practical movement in the areas that matter most.
Insurance Plans We Accept
Care that feels supportive from the very first step.
Acuity Counseling is in-network with several major insurance plans, helping make quality mental health care more accessible.
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Choose who feels right for you.
Our therapists blend compassion with real, evidence-based tools to help you feel seen, supported, and empowered to grow.
Online across Oklahoma · In person in Edmond
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Whitney Hake
MCP, LPC-S, NCC
- In person
- Online
- Insurance accepted
Julie Siberts
M.Ed., LPC-Candidate, NCC
- In person
- Online
- Insurance accepted
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy FAQs
Questions about this focused, collaborative approach
What is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy?
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a collaborative, goal-oriented approach that pays close attention to your preferred future, your existing strengths, and moments when the concern has felt more manageable. Therapy then helps you identify realistic next steps that fit your life.
Does a solution-focused approach ignore the past?
No. Your history and the impact of difficult experiences still matter. A solution-focused approach may spend more time exploring what you want to be different, what has helped before, and what could support movement now, without requiring you to retell every detail.
Does brief mean therapy has a fixed number of sessions?
No. Brief describes the focused and practical nature of the approach, not a guaranteed timeline. The length and pace of therapy depend on your needs, goals, preferences, clinical circumstances, and progress over time.
What happens if I do not know what I want to change?
You do not need a perfectly defined goal before starting. Your therapist can help you describe what feels difficult, notice what you would like to experience instead, and shape a direction that feels meaningful and manageable.
What concerns may be supported with a solution-focused approach?
A solution-focused approach may be used while supporting anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, work-related stress, life transitions, low self-worth, and other situations where you want practical movement toward a specific goal. Your therapist will determine how it fits within your individualized care.
Can Solution-Focused Brief Therapy be provided online?
Yes. Acuity may use a solution-focused approach during in-person sessions in Edmond or online therapy when you are physically located in Oklahoma. Your therapist will help determine whether the approach fits your needs.
