Gesa Döringer
Come and play! The Mindsetter Game© is an innovative solution-focused intervention Gesa Doringer has developed to apply the SF approach in therapy or coaching and teach it in workshops and training. Due to its size of 2x2m and being played on the floor, The Mindsetter literally holds space for clients and their desired future. It has also proven effective in setting the stage for new ideas and first steps towards the client’s desired outcome. There are two versions of The Mindsetter available. The FIRST version is for teaching SF. This version facilitates an active knowledge acquisition of students or practitioners learning SF or in team supervision. Practitioners invite participants to reflect on four of the basic tenets of this approach and discuss the implications of these tenets in the context of their professional environment. They do this in an SF manner:
This article is a summary of ideas for stimulating the quality of training that we have collected from personal experiences, from our colleagues and associates and especially from all the skilful trainers at the SFCT trainers conference in Frankfurt in October 2011. We were fascinated by the rich variety of peda- gogical and ingenious activities!
Biba Rebolj first came across SF in 2014. Instantly recognising the value, she immersed herself in extensive training at BRIEF and brought SFBT training to Slovenia. In 2014 she won the SFBTA Award for SF newcomers and in 2016 gave her first masterclass at EBTA conference. Since then, she has become a regular speaker and lecturer at SF international events. In 2019 together with her colleagues founded a global training institute Solution Focused Possibilities, following the mission of BRIEF, to keep the approach simple, straightforward and minimalistic.