Training in Solution Focused Therapy (TSR) is a turning point for many professionals. It's not just about the new certificate in the frame on the wall. It is about changing the "glasses" through which we look at another person.
When emotions subside after the workshops and the participants return to their offices, schools, offices or hospitals, the most interesting stage begins – the implementation of the method. How realistic is the use of TSR in everyday work after completing the training?
1. At school: From “fixing” to curiosity
Pedagogue or teacher after tSR training comes back to class with a whole new energy. Previously, seeing a student with problems, he could feel the burden and pressure: “I have to fix it, I have to find the cause.”
Now, instead of wasting hours analyzing why Jaś is not paying attention in class, the TSR teacher-practitioner begins to play the detective of success. During the conversation, he asks, “Listen, I noticed that for the first 10 minutes of the lesson you were incredibly focused. How did you do it, even though the topic was difficult?”.
The use of TSR at school is a change of language. It is the ability to notice that even a "difficult" student has moments when he is doing great. After training, the teacher is able to catch these moments and build on them, which paradoxically saves his time and nerves.
2. In business and HR: A leader who asks instead of commanding
Managers and HR specialists often talk about relief after TSR training. They discover that being a leader doesn't mean they have to have a solution for every employee problem.
In office practice, TSR turns long, tiring meetings about problems into dynamic conversations about goals. After the training, instead of asking, "Why is this project delayed?", the leader will ask, "What have we already done and what needs to happen in order to move forward one step?".
This is the application of the "small steps" technique in project management. Training graduates note that teams are more likely to take responsibility for tasks when they feel their boss is listening to them and looking for resources rather than blame.
3. In social work and guardianship: Respect that breaks down walls
Working with a client who does not want help (or has been forced to do so by the system) is the everyday life of social workers and probation officers. Before training, such visits often resemble pulling a rope.
After the training, the specialist knows how to apply the "customer in the hosting relationship" philosophy. It does not impose its goals. Instead of moralizing, he asks questions that restore the client's dignity: "What would have to happen for you to find this meeting even slightly meaningful?".
Practice shows that this approach drastically reduces resistance. The social worker ceases to be an enemy and becomes a companion in the search for solutions that are real for the client, and not only in accordance with the manual.
4. In the medical office and physiotherapy: The patient as an expert
After TSR training, doctors introduce a scaling tool to their offices. This incredibly speeds up the diagnosis of the patient's subjective feelings.
Instead of the general "How do you feel?", it says specifically: "On a scale from 1 to 10, where 10 is full fitness, where are you today?". And when the patient answers "3", the physiotherapist does not ask with concern "Why so little?", but with curiosity: "What makes it 3 and not 1? What do you do that, despite the pain, managed to keep it 3?".
This builds a sense of agency in the patient. He ceases to be a passive recipient of medical procedures and begins to see his impact on the treatment process.
5. For you: Protecting your own resources
Finally, the most important application – protecting yourself. Professionals are less likely to burn out after TSR training. Why?
Because they stop taking responsibility for the customer's entire life. They learn to set boundaries in a wise way – by putting agency in the hands of the interlocutor. Leaving work, they do not carry the "baggage" of other people's problems, because they know that they did what was theirs to do: they asked questions that helped the other party find its own solution.
The use of TSR after training is not a revolution that turns everything upside down. It is an evolution – towards lighter, more effective and humanly satisfying work with another person.
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