Brief Therapy-Looking for Previous Solutions involves asking clients about...

Brief Therapy-Looking for Previous Solutions involves asking clients about...

• A. What Is Your Favorite Color
• B. Which Dream Symbol You Identify With
• C. What Is Your Birth Order
• D. Has This Ever Been Less of a Problem? or What Have You Done That Helped?

Answer: (D)

This item targets the solution-focused approach of eliciting past successes and exceptions. In this brief therapy style, therapists ask about times when the problem was less intense and about specific actions the client took that helped, so they can identify concrete, repeatable strategies for current challenges. Asking whether the issue has ever been less of a problem or what you did that helped directly uncovers those past effective actions to build on. The other options focus on abstract symbolism or traits rather than practical, past-success strategies, so they don’t fit this approach as well.

This item targets the solution-focused approach of eliciting past successes and exceptions. In this brief therapy style, therapists ask about times when the problem was less intense and about specific actions the client took that helped, so they can identify concrete, repeatable strategies for current challenges. Asking whether the issue has ever been less of a problem or what you did that helped directly uncovers those past effective actions to build on. The other options focus on abstract symbolism or traits rather than practical, past-success strategies, so they don’t fit this approach as well.