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
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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