Harry Korman on interviewing for efforts. In today’s episode, we talk with Harry Korman, Solution-Focused Psychiatrist, Therapist, Trainer, Speaker, about effort focused interviewing and microanalysis of face-to-face dialogue. Find out what fascinates him with Solution Focus, the difficulty of doing Solution Focus, complimenting for efforts instead of traits, and how he got into effort focused interviewing. Check out more about how effort focused interviewing has influenced Harry’s practice,...

Jocelyne Lopez-Korman about trusting the model. In today’s episode, we talk with Jocelyn Lopez-Korman, mental health nurse, social worker, family therapist and supervisor of family therapy, about what fascinates her about Solution Focus, how she maintained her curiosity for Solution Focus over the last (almost) 40 years, how it was in the beginning in the 80’s,and what fascinated her back then, and how she started SF and learned to be more present in the room and to trust the model. Hear what...

Tara Gretton about empowering young people. In today’s episode, we talk with Tara Gretton, Solution-Focused Practitioner, Solution-Focused Trainer, and Social Worker, about giving young people a voice. Find out what fascinates her with Solution Focus, what her best hopes from working with young people are, and how she introduces the solution-focused language in schools with her group work, e.g. doing solution-focused DJ and drama workshops. Check out what they do in their SF DJ workshops and...

Jesper H. Christiansen about Solution Focus everwhere. In today’s episode, we talk with Jesper H. Christiansen, Chaos-Pilot, Solution Surfer, Solution-Focused Facilitator, about what fascinates him with Solution Focus, where and how he uses Solution Focus in problem-oriented training settings, his program „Rethink your Business“ that he does with Edgeware, and the balance of non-profit and profit projects. Learn more about how he supports clients in their success and makes his contribution...

Julia Kalenberg on daily SF habits. In today’s episode, we talk with Julia Kalenberg, a Solution-Focused Practitioner and expert in applying Solution Focus to yourself, about useful habits and tools to refocus in everyday life. Check out what fascinates her with Solution Focus and how she constantly strives to focus in her life. Learn more about her solution-focused tools that she applies for herself on a daily base, e.g. her little preferred future or the I-O principle, and the differences...

Ira Mollay about an encouraging space for change. In today’s episode, we talk with Ira Mollay, Chief Encouraging Officer and Founder of the Mutmacherei, about what fascinates her with Solution Focus, about the Mutmacherei and how it started with the good news initiative, and about focusing on progress towards a preferred future for the world. Ira shares some of the initiatives that go into that direction, her preferred future, and her contribution as chief encouraging officer directing the...

Paul Z. Jackson about improv and Solution Focus. In today’s episode, we talk with Paul Z. Jackson, Solution-Focused practitioner, author, improviser, co-founder of the Bristol group, SOLWorld and the Applied Improvisation Network (AIN), about the fit between improvisation and Solution Focus. Find out what fascinates him about Solution Focus (SF), how he got into Solution Focus, and how Solution Focus is very well aligned with improvisation. Learn more about what fascinates him with bringing...

Janine Waldman on performance management and resilience. In today’s episode, we talk with Janine Waldman, MSc FCIPD, solution-focused coach, trainer, facilitator and author, about applying Solution Focus in performance management conversations and how Solution Focus amplifies resilience. Find out what fascinates her with Solution Focus, how she learned Solution Focus and how her work changed with it, as well as how her understanding of being Solution Focused changed. Check out the Solution...

Chris Iveson about the BRIEF minimalism. In today’s episode, we talk with Chris Iveson of BRIEF, about being neutral in Solution Focused conversations. Check out what fascinates him with Solution Focus and the BRIEF minimalism, how they developed lists, the best hopes question, the tomorrow question and much more. Learn more about how they got into Solution Focus and started BRIEF, the value of trying to be neutral in conversations with our clients, the shift from „doing“ to „noticing“, and...

Sue Lickorish about spirituality in SF. In today’s episode, we talk with Sue Lickorish, a conversation changer and Solution-Focused practitioner, about what fascinates her with Solution Focus, her „wow“-moments in the beginning, and her solution-focused journey. Sue shares how she is mindful in her work to have a different kind of conversation, how her conversations changed with Solution Focus, and how she developed her own way of Solution Focus including what is important to her. She...

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Rayya Ghul about Solution Focus and Problem Solving. In today’s episode, we talk with Rayya Ghul, MA (Ed.) Dip.COT, Solution-Focused Therapist, Life Coach, Trainer, and Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching at the University of Edinburgh, about differences between Solution Focus and problem solving or how humans are not washing machines. We explore with her what fascinates her with Solution Focus, how to identify the best in a person and reactivate their capabilities, her book „The...

John Wheeler about the practitioner’s perspective. In today’s episode, we talk with John Wheeler, M.A., Social Worker, UKCP Registered Systemic Psychotherapist, Solution Focused Trainer, Supervisor and Consultant as well as Board Member of the EBTA, about what fascinated him with Solution Focus at the beginning and how his conversations changed. Check out how he and Greg Vinnicombe collected Solution-focused assumptions, categorized them into four groups, have been teaching them, and how this...

John Brooker about Team Facilitation with Solution Focus. In today’s episode, we talk with John Brooker, Solution-Focused Meeting Facilitator and Innovator, Author, and Co-President of SFiO (Solution Focus in Organisations), about how to facilitate change with teams with Solution Focus. Check out what fascinates him with Solution Focus, what differences Solution Focus made for him in the beginning, and how his team facilitations changed. Learn more about his constructive rant or how to turn...

Andrew Gibson and the URP. In today’s episode, we talk with Andrew Gibson who is helping small businesses and charities to grow with Solution Focus, about what fascinates him about Solution Focus, a story of how he helped someone recently and the differences this question can make, his Solution Focused process of how he helps small businesses and charities to grow, and what he enjoys most about his work and how he has a seven day „weekend”. Learn more about the idea of the URP (Unique...

Jonas Wells about the history of SF. In today’s episode, we talk with Jonas Wells, Solution-Focused Practitioner, Trainer, Author and Manager about his story of exploring the history of Solution Focus. Find out more about what fascinates him with Solution Focus, the Solution-Focused playlist and music as a different language game, his interest in the history of Solution Focus and his learnings for today, as well as the importance of the early period and the vibrant learning atmosphere back...

Dr. Biba Rebolj about unteaching SF. In today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Biba Rebolj, international Trainer and Practitioner in Solution-Focused Practice, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and co-founder of "Solution Focused Possibilities", about what fascinates her with Solution Focus, what she did have to unlearn to do Solution Focus and what helped her to unlearn, how she got referred to BRIEF and how she started training with them - or how she moved from Slovenia to London. Check out...

Erin Cusanno is doing more of what works. In today’s episode, we talk with Erin Cusanno, Solution-Focused Practitioner, School Counselor (NCC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), about Solution-Focus in School Counseling. Erin shares with us what fascinates her with Solution Focus, how her conversations as school counselor have changed with Solution-Focus ,and what differences this has made for her and her students. Learn how she got in touch with Solution Focus, how she landed in a...

Guy Shennan and the power of conversations. In today’s episode we talk with Guy Shennan, Solution-Focused Practitioner, Author, and former Chair of the British Association of Social Workers , about his fascination for the ordinary nature and the forward movement of solution-focused conversations. Guy tells us what changed in the 2nd edition of his book "Solution-Focused Practice: Effective Communication to Facilitate Change" and how hope is different from desire. We talk about the UKASFP...

Joel K. Simon about opportunities in dialogue. In today’s episode, we talk with Joel K. Simon, Solution Focused Clinical Social Worker and Therapist, LCSW, BCD, ASW, and program chair of the SFBTA conference 2019, about his Solution Focused journey. Joel shares with us what attracted him about Solution Focus and still fascinates him today, how and when he got in touch with Solution Focus, and how he introduced SF in the agenciy he worked for. Listen to his stories with the Solution Focused...

Ute Habenicht & Norbert Wandl at the WANDeLHAUS. In today’s episode, we talk with Ute Habenicht and Norbert Wandl, hosts at WANDeLBERATUNG and the WANDeLHAUS in Klagenfurt, about their work combining Systemic Structural Constellations (SySt®) and Solution Focus. They share what fascinates them with Solution Focus, different ways to acknowledge the problem view of the clients, when and how to orient them towards a Solution Focus, and what fascinates them about being hosts and making people...

Sarah McVanel about greatness. In today’s episode, we talk with Sarah McVanel, Speaker, Author, HR & OD Professional about recognition and the flipside of failing. Check out what fascinates her with Solution Focus and what changed for her with SF. Learn more about the recognition of greatness when working with teams, FROG - Forever Recognize Others’ Greatness - and how to „frog“ people, and her new book the „Flip Side of Failing“. We talk about how people handle failing, Solution Focused...

Kati Hankovszky about community building. In today’s episode, we talk with Katalin Hankovszky, Solution Focused trainer and coach, chair of the Swiss Network for Solution Focused Work, organizer of many Solution Focused conferences, and member of the SolutionSurfers, about how she is connecting people. Find out more about what fascinates her about Solution Focus, her Solution Focused journey and how she began to do the work her way. Kati tells stories about their SF-way of organizing the...

Andrea Schovancová and Marek Koreň about Solution Focus in Slovakia. In today’s episode, we talk with Andrea Schovancová, HR Manager at GGB Slovakia and Marek Koreň, CFO at Team Industries, s.r.o., about what fascinates them with Solution Focus, their Solution Focused journeys and how their paths crossed, how they use Solution Focus in their companies and the differences this is making, and how they collaborate to share Solution Focus in their communities, in schools, in families, and in...