ABSTRACT
This chapter explains a bit about how scales are used in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and the miracle scale. It is very important to stay with the LGBT client's very best hopes with the miracle scale, and let them be the ones who define what that will look like practically. Here are some tips for addressing these types of answers: Sometimes, either at this point in the session or even closer to the start of it, clients will mention some changes that have already begun, before the session even got started. Many LGBT clients feel pressured to come out at work or to loved ones, before they are ready. Scales can be used in many situations with LGBT clients. Clarity scales such as gender or sexuality or hope scales, where ten will always equal the hope being realized, and zero the opposite. Many LGBT clients feel pressured to come out at work or to loved ones, before they are ready.
