ABSTRACT
Solution-focused therapists utilize scaling questions to draw upon client perceptions of the intensity of situations or behaviors, provide a means for tracking progress, create expectations for change, clarify goals, and introduce circular thinking. However, at first glance scaling questions such as, “On a scale from one to ten, with one being problems at their worst and ten being no problems at all, where would your put your problems?” may appear to be dull, static questions that are too behavioral for many family therapists. Fortunately, with a little tinkering these questions can become an integral part of any imaginative therapy.
