
SFP 56 – Don’t assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy
SFP 56 – Episode 56: Don’t assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy
Simply Focus Podcast – Episode #56
Hosted by: Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat | Intro: Bibiana Czerny & Ken Brooks | Music: www.bensound.com, John Murphy
SFP 56 - Episode 56: Don’t assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy
“I signed up for this business to lift people up and to try and find things that we can build on. (…) It made work more enjoying and engergizing.“
„Every person has a unique story (…) and It’s truly an adventure, it’s like being able to read stories all day in this fantastic book.“
„Here are some ways that we can empower and activate those (common) factors and it just so happens that a lot of those ways are also called Solution Focused Therapy techniques.“
„If we allow ourselves to be, we will be shaped into effectiveness by clients.“
Prof. John MurphyShow Notes
In today’s episode, we talk with Prof. John Murphy about
- what has fascinated him with Solution Focus,
- how he came in contact with Solution Focus and what kept him on this road,
- respect, respectful curiosity, putting the client in the center, and letting their answers drive the conversation,
- the uniqueness of conversations and intriguing questions that open up for possibilities and different stories,
- client-directed practice and the willingness to let yourself be shaped into effectiveness by clients,
- the common factors research and how Solution Focus Brief Therapy empowers the important variables,
- don’t assume, ask or asking clients about their experience,
- giving credit and the influence of personal agency questions,
- planting seeds with our questions and invitations,
- his book „Solution Focused Counseling in Schools“ and who should definitely read it,
- remaining open to learn more about the complexity of people,
- The Challenge of the week: „Think of something you want to accomplish and make a list of people who want you to succeed with that. Select one person and ask yourself how you might go about recruiting this person to give you a hand.”
Resources
- Find out more about John Murphy and visit his website www.drjohnmurphy.com.
- You can also find more about John at the University of Central Arkansas.
- Check out his You Tube Music Channel and connect with him on his Facebook Music Page.
- Check out John’s book “Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools” and his other books.
- The book that started it all: “Change – Principles of Problem Formulation and Problem Resolution“ by Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch
- Read more about common factors in psychotherapy (Wampold, 2015) and systematic client feedback using PCOMS (chapter by Gillaspy & Murphy, in Franklin et al., 2012)
Join the conversation
Friendpower is stronger than willpower. So, let’s inspire each other! Share your ideas and thoughts on what inspired you about our conversation with John and what differences this makes for you in your everyday life. Share as much detail as possible. Your story might be the one making a vital difference for someone else. Your thoughts and ideas matter and might encourage others to keep on going their SF journey. Share this podcast episode with your friends, clients or colleagues who you think might be inspired by this conversation. It could give them some practical ideas on how to apply Solution Focus in their daily life.
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Listen to more Simply Focus Podcast episodes:

SFP 84 – Trust the Model: A Constant Immersion in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Teaching, and Supervision with Jocelyne Lopez-Korman

SFP 83 – A Passion for Empowerment: Giving Young People a Voice with Solution Focus with Tara Gretton

SFP 73 – A Genuine Alternative: Differences Between Solution Focus and Problem Solving with Rayya Ghul

SFP 71 – Facilitating Change With Teams: John Brooker About Collaborating and the DNA of Solution Focus

SFP 68 – Inspiring the Next Generation: Unlearning and Unteaching Solution-Focused Practice with Dr. Biba Rebolj

SFP 67 – Building on What Works: A Different Kind of Conversation in School Counseling with Erin Cusanno

SFP 66 – Towards Collectivising Solution-Focused Practice: Into the Community with Hope and the Ordinary in Action with Guy Shennan

SFP 65 – Nothing special about it – From Mental Health to End of Life and Grief Counseling with Joel K. Simon

SFP 64 – Applying Systemic Structural Constellations SySt® and Solution Focus with Ute Habenicht and Norbert Wandl

SFP 61 – Crossing Paths: Solution Focused Practices and Community Building in Slovakia with Andrea Schovancová and Marek Koreň

SFP 59 – Supporting communication choices: How to use Solution Focused ideas in university teaching with Dr. David Weber

SFP 58 – Celebrating the SFWorldDay: The Three Questions for a Good Life with Sébastien Vernieuwe and members of the Swiss Network for Solution Focused Work (NLA)

SFP 57 – Our Perception matters: How to be minutely curious about clients being at their best with Dr. Adam Froerer

SFP 56 – Don’t assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy

SFP 55 – Practice-Based Evidence: Looking at what is effective in what we do with Prof. Frank Thomas

SFP 53 – Solution-Focused Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Creative and Play-Based Approaches with Becky Taylor

SFP 52 – Happy Birthday Simply Focus Podcast: A meaningful conversation about our journey with John Murphy

SFP 51 – Putting differences to work: The Solution Focused Counseling Program at TCU with Becky Taylor, Frank Thomas, Marcella Stark and three of their PH.D. students

SFP 50 – Being out there with Solution Focus: A hopeful perspective for the medical sector and sexual minorities with Benjamin Finlayson

SFP 49 – Living on the streets: A conversation about connection, humanity and the importance of community with Stacy Nelson

SFP 41 – Solution Focus is an Evidence-Based Intervention: The Impact of Research for Solution Focus with Johnny S. Kim

SFP 38 – Exceptional Sessions: Animal-Assisted Solution Focused Brief Therapy & More with Teri Pichot

SFP 32 – Small steps count: A conversation about SF parenting, SF in Japan and more with Keiko Yoneyama

SFP 27 – Hope in Action: A Conversation with Heather Fiske about Solution Focused Suicide Prevention

SFP 26 – Celebrating Half a Year SIMPLY FOCUS Podcast with That Reminds Me Of The Following Story by Hannes Couvreur

SFP 23 – What directions do you choose in your conversations? – A face-to-face dialogue with Dr. Peter de Jong
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