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Exceptions to every problem can be created by therapist and
coachees, which can be used to build solutions.
Change is occuring all the time.
Small changing leads to larger changing.
Coachees are always cooperating. They are showing us how
they think change takes place. As we understand their
thinking and act accordingly, cooperation is inevitable.
People have all they need to solve their problems.
Meaning and experience are interactionally constructed.
Actions and descriptions are circular.
The meaning of the message is the response you receive.
Therapy is a goal or solution-focused endeavor, with the
coachee as expert.
Any change in how coachees describe a goal (solution) and/or
what they do affects future interactions with all others
involved.
The members in a treatment group are those who share a goal
and state their desire to do something about making it
happen.

Three stages in reaching solutions
In the first stage, coachees and coach discuss the desired future
and the changes that would be involved in reaching them. This
goal definition phase is similar to other coaching approaches.
However, particular attention is focused on the moment when
the goal is reached. The coachee describes their vision of the
future, in the greatest possible detail. In contrast, no
information is gathered about the problem.

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