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How brief is solution focussed brief therapy? a comparative study
Author(s) -
Rothwell Neil
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.458
Subject(s) - solution focused brief therapy , psychology , session (web analytics) , psychotherapist , randomization , clinical psychology , cognitive behaviour therapy , scale (ratio) , cognition , randomized controlled trial , psychiatry , medicine , physics , surgery , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) focuses on clients' strengths and expressed goals in an attempt to produce therapeutic change as quickly as possible. This study examined whether clients seen for SFBT were seen for fewer sessions than those seen for cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) in a clinical psychology service taking adult referrals from primary care. The study was a retrospective one using pseudo‐randomization. The results indicated that SFBT clients ( n = 41) were seen for two sessions on average compared to five for CBT ( n = 119). This difference was accounted for by a higher proportion of the SFBT group being seen for one session only, which is consistent with the approach. A simple therapist‐rated outcome scale showed no significant difference between the two groups. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.