Solution-Focused Coaching

Definition

A strengths-based, relational, and goal-oriented approach in pediatric rehabilitation that uses positive reframing and strategic questions to assist clients in envisioning a preferred future and developing practical solutions to move toward this vision.

Desired Outcomes

Build the capacity of coachee to attain participation-related goals and enhance quality of life.

Coachees

Caregivers

Theoretical Underpinnings

Solution-focused brief psychotherapy counseling
Family-centered and relationship-based care
Ecological orientation

Key Components

Setting the stage
Forming the client–therapist relationship
Envisioning a preferred future
Goal discovery
Strategy creation
Plan confirmation
An action/reflection cycle.

Fidelity Measures

None available specific to the framework. Studies of this framework have used the CO-FIDEL.

References

Baldwin, P., King, G., Evans, J., McDougall, S., Tucker, M. A., & Servais, M. (2013). Solution-focused coaching in pediatric rehabilitation: an integrated model for practice. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 33(4), 467-483.