scaling
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Solution Focussed Approaches to Helping:
Scaling
Nathan Loynes
Scaling Questions
Steve De Shazer (1940 -2005)Co-founder of the solution focussed
approach with Insoo Kim Berg.After asking a client “what is better since
last time?” The client said “I’m nearly a 10 now”.
Hence, numbers used to understand development
Benefits
Easy to useFocus on changeFocus on clients phenomenological
existence (Like Person Centred)Broad application
Scaling… ‘Steps’
1. Explain the scale
Alternative scales:
Where are we now?
2. The current position
Like a jigsaw…
3. Establish a platform: Find out what has already worked.
Vision
Visualise a higher position; describe how things will look.
Success and Strengths
5. Identify earlier success – what happened?
Small steps
6. Step forward – Ask the client what small steps they could take
Types of Scale
Success scaleMotivational scaleConfidence scaleIndependence scale
Conclusion
Being a cognitively flexible mentor might mean that at times you have cause to employ solution focussed techniques. This might be when:
Discussions of the problem are creating stagnation and or frustration.
The mentee is in a contemplative stage of considering the benefits of change.
You are being motivational (interviewing).You are empowering the mentee to employ
divergent thinking and offer their own solutions that are more likely to succeed than mentor led solutions.