Strength‑based practice skills: solution-focused cycle

Discover how focusing on strengths, exceptions, and possibilities can create meaningful change—one conversation at a time.

Strength-based Solution-focused cycle

Join this community of practice session to broaden your knowledge of the strengths approach and understand why the Solution-focused cycle is an integral strengths-based practice skill. Whether you are new to strengths-based practice or looking to refine your skills, this session offers a supportive space for learning, reflection, and professional growth. Come ready to contribute, connect, and discover practical ways to strengthen your practice.

Overview:

Join this 30-minute, free online session to explore the Solution-focused cycle —a practical skill that encompasses three main tenets of strengths-based practice: every problem has exceptions, the future matters more than the problem’s history, and people are already doing things that work.

These sessions really shine when YOU get involved. You can add your emojis and comments in the chat at any time during the session. Take the opportunity to share, explore, be curious and ask questions.

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Anxiety Solutions

The Bears

Can-do Dinosaurs

Cars R Us

Choosing Strengths

Next Steps

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What to expect:

In this webinar, you'll explore three key Solution-Focused cycle beliefs:

• Every problem has exceptions: Discover how identifying moments when the problem is absent, less intense, or better managed can provide valuable clues to sustainable solutions.

• The future matters more than the problem's history:

  Learn why it’s often more useful to explore what life will look like when the problem is gone—or less of a problem—than to spend time analysing its causes.

• People are already doing things that work:

  Shift the focus from deficits and mistakes to identifying what people are doing when the problem is absent or less impactful, and how those behaviours can be amplified.

Perfect For:

Social workers, counsellors, educators, coaches, team leaders, community workers, and anyone interested in strengths-based practice.