If you’ve ever had a Solution Focused session, you’ll recognise this question. It’s one of my favourites – and not just because it’s a cornerstone of the approach. It’s because of what it does in the first minute of a conversation: it gently, but deliberately, redirects attention. Instead of cataloguing everything that went wrong, everything that was heavy or disappointing, we turn toward what shifted. Even if only for a day. Even if only slightly. Even if “better” just meant something was a little less difficult than before.
It seemed like the right way to open this update.
So – what has been better?
Quite a lot, as it happens.
The big news
I’m thrilled to share that I am now an Accredited Solution Focused Practitioner with the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice (UKASFP). This has been my main project for the past two years, and I won’t pretend it was an easy one.
The accreditation process is genuinely unlike anything else I’ve encountered – and I say that as someone who has a Master’s degree in Law. That wasn’t a walk in the park either, but this felt different. The UKASFP criteria require you to submit a recording and full transcription of a first session with a client, which is then assessed against a specific set of criteria. There’s nowhere to hide. It’s just you, your client, and the work – laid bare.
What surprised me most was what the process gave me beyond the accreditation itself. Preparing for it deepened my understanding of Solution Focused practice in ways I hadn’t anticipated. It sharpened my thinking, strengthened my commitment, and gave me a much richer appreciation of the subtlety and precision this approach requires. I came out of it not just qualified, but genuinely more capable.
And honestly? More in love with this way of working than ever.
What this means in practice
As a result, I can now formally offer Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) sessions – something I have been working toward ever since I first encountered this approach back in 2021. It has been a long road, and I am absolutely delighted to have arrived.
If you’d like to find out more about what SFBT involves and whether it might be right for you, you can visit my SFBT page for all the details.
There’s more to share in a future update – new services, a few changes behind the scenes – but for now, I just wanted to mark this moment. It felt worth saying out loud.
What’s been better? This. Definitely this.
