ABSTRACT
This chapter describes enduring family therapy concepts and practices related to Solution focused family therapy (SFFT) and offers a set of guidelines for socioculturally attuned practice. It describes a case illustration to demonstrate how to create third order change by integrating societal systems and attention to power into solution focused practice. The chapter explains the hallmarks of SFFT, including resolute attention to the use of language, a collaborative stance in which therapists rely on clients’ strengths and expertise, careful construction of therapeutic goals, and finding and amplifying exceptions. SFFT is based on social constructivist and post-structural thought, which centers the relationship between culture, societal context, and meaning. Following are four guidelines for practicing socioculturally attuned SFFT. These include inviting clients to explore the societal context in which they live, considering equity when setting goals, broadening the search for solutions to the wider societal and historical context, and discovering and amplifying just solutions.
