What best describes the therapist's role in Solution Focused Therapy relationships?

• A. Detached Observer
• B. Collaborator
• C. Healer
• D. Authoritative Interpreter

Answer: (B)

In Solution Focused Therapy, the therapist acts as a collaborative partner rather than an expert diagnosing or directing. The therapist helps clients name a desired future, identify their own strengths and past successes, and jointly create small, concrete steps toward change, using questions that mobilize the client’s resources. This stance honors client agency and keeps the work future- and solution-oriented. Being a detached observer would create distance, being a healer implies treating pathology, and being an authoritative interpreter means imposing meaning—none fit the collaborative, client-centered approach of SFT.