"Hope and Expectancy in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy" by Michael D. Reiter
 

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Hope and Expectancy in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

ORCID ID

0000-0002-7769-0527

Publication Title

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

ISSN

0897-5353

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

The common factors approach has been heavily discussed in recent years in psychotherapy, being explored in a variety of different ways. It is commonly accepted that hope and expectancy factors account for roughly 15% of outcome variance in psychotherapy (Lambert, 1992). This article explores how the therapeutic factor of hope and expectancy plays a role in one specific approach, solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). SFBT is parsimoniously designed to utilize this therapeutic factor to help clients develop solutions that increase their expectancy of change and their hope for a positive outcome. This article explores how the components of SFBT build upon the common factor of hope and expectancy.

DOI

10.1080/08975353.2010.483653

Volume

21

Issue

2

First Page

132

Last Page

148

Peer Reviewed

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