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Solution Focused Approach Ideas

The Power of a Question

Advice is forgettable, but a good question can be transformational. Discover why curiosity is your greatest tool and how questions restore agency to students.

The Power of a Question

The Perfect Gift

The perfect gift we give students is helping them discover their own strengths and possibilities. A holiday reflection on solution-focused work as meaningful gift-giving.

The Perfect Gift

When Students 'Opt Out': A Solution-Focused Reframe

Reframe "school refusal" as "opting out" to create safer conversations with students who aren't attending school. A solution-focused approach that honors student wisdom.

When Students 'Opt Out': A Solution-Focused Reframe

Got Friendship Struggles? Try Discernment Counseling and the Solution-Focused Approach!

Learn how Discernment Counseling principles can help school counselors guide students through friendship struggles with three clear paths forward.

Got Friendship Struggles?
Try Discernment Counseling and the Solution-Focused Approach!