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ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. Fredrike Bannink Clinical psychologist Child & youth psychologist, specialist level NIP Chair SF Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Dutch Ass. of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy, VGCt) fpbannink@planet.nl. 3 elements in the conduct of a therapist.

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ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

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  1. ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS Fredrike Bannink Clinical psychologist Child & youth psychologist,specialist level NIP Chair SF Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Dutch Ass. of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy, VGCt) fpbannink@planet.nl www.fpbannink.com

  2. 3 elements in the conduct of a therapist • Asking eliciting questions • Asking detail-related questions • Giving verbal rewards (compliments and competence questions will ensure that clients speak four times more often about solutions, change and resources! (Brief Family Therapy Center) www.fpbannink.com

  3. Building Solutions with Children, Youth & Family 3 exercises: • Compliments and competence questions • Questions to motivate your clients to change • Questions when there is a secret www.fpbannink.com

  4. Compliments and competences www.fpbannink.com

  5. Compliments and competences • Direct compliments • Positive character assessments • Competence questions • Questions about prior successes • Questions about exceptions www.fpbannink.com

  6. Motivation to change www.fpbannink.com

  7. Complainant relationship • Q: How are you able to go on? (questions relating to acknowledgement and competences) • Q: How come it is not worse than it is? • Questions about prior successes • Q: What will improve if the other/the complaint changes in line with the right direction? • Q: What can still be better even if the other/the complaint does not change in line with the right direction? • Goal-oriented questions(miracle question) • Q: How is this a problem for you? www.fpbannink.com

  8. Secrets Suppose there is a solution, …………… www.fpbannink.com

  9. Secrets and helpful questions Suppose there is a solution,…...... • what difference would that make? • what would change? • how would your life improve? • how might that be helpful for you? • ? www.fpbannink.com

  10. English articles by F.P. Bannink • Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy (2007), 2 • Solution Focused Mediation. Conflict Resolution Quarterly (accepted for publication, 2007) • Solution Focused Mediation in Teams and in Organisations. SOL Conference Book 2007 • Other books and articles by F.P. Bannink in Dutch: see website www.fpbannink.com

  11. Questions “The scholar is not he who gives the right answers, but he who asks the right questions” Claude Lévi-Strauss, ethnologist Thank you for your attention www.fpbannink.com

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