A Brief History: solution or problem focused?

Ethics

• Aristotle
• Stoicism
• Hedonism
• Eudaimonia
• Utilitarianism

Religion

• Christianity
• Taoism
• Buddhism
• Meditation

• Change is a constant

Psychotherapy

• Logotherapy

• Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy; ABC
• CBT
• Psycho-analysis

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy​

Philosophy

• Kant
• Wittgenstein
• Constructivism

Psychology

• Behaviourism
• Humanistic psychology

• Positive Psychology; PERMA; Martin Seligman
• Flow

Other

• Edward de Bono

• Self-Determination Theory (autonomy, competence, relatedness)
• Synthetic happiness
• Self-help

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References

de Shazer S. and Isebaert L (2003). The Bruges Model: a solution-focused approach to problem drinking. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 14:43-52

MacDonald, A. (2011) A digest of studies and meta-studies; https://solutionfocused.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alasdair-Macdonald_SFBT-Evaluation-List.pdf

Morawetz C., Alexandrowicz R.W., Heekeren H.R. (2017). Successful emotion regulation is predicted by amygdala activity and aspects of personality: a latent variable approach, EMOTION, 17, 3, 421-441

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