"I'd Hear Laughter": Finding Solutions for the Family

Insoo Kim Berg, LCSW

Children and teenagers are all to often the scapegoat to a family’s troubles and the impetus for a family to enter therapy. In this video, Insoo Kim Berg demonstrates her Solution-Focused approach in two sessions with a family, and shows us how to help a family come together as a whole to build on their strengths and collaborate on solutions.

Irreconcilable Differences: A Solution-Focused Approach to Marital Therapy

Insoo Kim Berg, LCSW

When couples come to therapy they are often combative, quick to point the finger, and about to give up on the relationship. In this video, Insoo Kim Berg demonstrates her solution-focused approach with one such couple, and in two sessions shows how effective it can be to focus a couple on their strengths and resources, moving them away from fighting and towards collaboration.

Solution-Focused Child Therapy (Child Therapy with the Experts Series)

John J. Murphy, PhD

We know that children need lots of positive strokes, but all too often therapists focus on problems. In this video, Solution-Focused child therapist John J. Murphy presents a refreshing approach in an actual counseling session with two boys and their mother. In a compelling demonstration, see Dr. Murphy encourage a family to recognize successes and focus on small changes for the future.

Solution-Focused Therapy (Psychotherapy with the Experts)

Insoo Kim Berg, LCSW

Insoo Kim Berg masterfully demonstrates Solution-Focused Therapy in an actual therapy session in this 3-part video. Watch as Berg emphasizes the existing strengths and skills of her client instead of problems and psychopathology. Get to know her uniquely optimistic and supportive therapy style, and how effectively she connects with the client, using her language, tracking how the client frames her problems, and mirroring her skills and assets.