Program Overview
Core Skills Development
- Solution-focused questioning: miracle question, exception questions, coping questions
- Scaling techniques for measuring progress and motivation
- Goal formulation using positive, specific, client-controlled criteria
- Session structure and time management in brief coaching
- Working with reluctant or mandated clients
- Recognizing when solution-focused methods are not appropriate
- Pre-session planning and goal clarification
- Opening questions and problem-free talk
- Goal negotiation and preferred future exploration
- Resource identification and task setting
Includes practice sessions with peer coaching and video review for self-assessment.
Full Description
Solution-focused coaching comes from brief therapy traditions and centers on what is already working rather than problem analysis. This program teaches you the specific questioning techniques, language patterns, and session structures that define this approach.
You will learn the miracle question, exception-finding, scaling questions, and how to construct useful goals with clients who arrive with vague complaints or overwhelming situations. The training emphasizes skill practice: most sessions involve live demonstration, transcript analysis, and coached practice with feedback.
Who this works for
The approach fits coaches working with clients facing workplace transitions, team conflicts, or performance issues where detailed problem exploration feels unproductive. It is particularly useful when time is limited or clients are resistant to traditional coaching methods. The technique set is concrete and teachable, which makes it accessible even if you are relatively new to coaching.