Solution Focused Therapy: A Positive Psychology Approach​

6/6/2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern

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Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) is a positive psychology approach that utilizes the patient's healing potentials and expectations of change.  It differs from many traditional therapies in de-emphasizing psychopathology.  Future projection is a key element of the approach.  The patient is encouraged to develop hypothetical solutions to their problem by imagining themselves at some time in the future when the problem is solved.  The therapist carefully tracks the patient’s language and style of presentation.  This serves as a guide for the intervention.  If the problem is specific, so is the solution.  If vague, the directive may be equally vague.  Many of the techniques to be described can be viewed as practices on which therapist can rely when unsure of what to do.  However, SFT is distinguished by the attitude of the therapist and a basic philosophy of treatment, not by the techniques employed.

Lawrence Mark Perlman, Ph.D. | Clinical Psychologist | WPS Chair

Dr. Perlman completed his training in Clinical Psychology at New York University. He worked at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY for 32 years, where he created innovative therapy programs and headed various clinical teams. During this period, he maintained a private practice in Manhattan and Brooklyn where he treated adults, as well as children, teenagers, and families. He also founded and directed the Child and Adolescent Therapy program at the Brooklyn Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

In 2001, Dr. Perlman relocated to Ann Arbor, MI and spent ten years at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. He developed group treatments for insomnia, pain management, and smoking cessation, as well as a multidimensional Wellness Program.

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