SFP 56 – Episode 56: Don’t assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy
Simply Focus Podcast – Episode #56Hosted by: Elfie Czerny & Dominik Godat | Intro: Bibiana Czerny & Ken Brooks | Music: www.bensound.com, John Murphy
SFP 56 - Episode 56: Don’t assume, ask: A unique conversation about common factors, respect, and keeping clients at the center with Prof. John Murphy
“I signed up for this business to lift people up and to try and find things that we can build on. (…) It made work more enjoying and engergizing.“
„Every person has a unique story (…) and It’s truly an adventure, it’s like being able to read stories all day in this fantastic book.“
„Here are some ways that we can empower and activate those (common) factors and it just so happens that a lot of those ways are also called Solution Focused Therapy techniques.“
„If we allow ourselves to be, we will be shaped into effectiveness by clients.“
Show Notes
In today’s episode, we talk with Prof. John Murphy about
- what has fascinated him with Solution Focus,
- how he came in contact with Solution Focus and what kept him on this road,
- respect, respectful curiosity, putting the client in the center, and letting their answers drive the conversation,
- the uniqueness of conversations and intriguing questions that open up for possibilities and different stories,
- client-directed practice and the willingness to let yourself be shaped into effectiveness by clients,
- the common factors research and how Solution Focus Brief Therapy empowers the important variables,
- don’t assume, ask or asking clients about their experience,
- giving credit and the influence of personal agency questions,
- planting seeds with our questions and invitations,
- his book „Solution Focused Counseling in Schools“ and who should definitely read it,
- remaining open to learn more about the complexity of people,
- The Challenge of the week: „Think of something you want to accomplish and make a list of people who want you to succeed with that. Select one person and ask yourself how you might go about recruiting this person to give you a hand.”
Resources
- Find out more about John Murphy and visit his website www.drjohnmurphy.com.
- You can also find more about John at the University of Central Arkansas.
- Check out his You Tube Music Channel and connect with him on his Facebook Music Page.
- Check out John’s book “Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools” and his other books.
- The book that started it all: “Change – Principles of Problem Formulation and Problem Resolution“ by Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch
- Read more about common factors in psychotherapy (Wampold, 2015) and systematic client feedback using PCOMS (chapter by Gillaspy & Murphy, in Franklin et al., 2012)
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Friendpower is stronger than willpower. So, let’s inspire each other! Share your ideas and thoughts on what inspired you about our conversation with John and what differences this makes for you in your everyday life. Share as much detail as possible. Your story might be the one making a vital difference for someone else. Your thoughts and ideas matter and might encourage others to keep on going their SF journey. Share this podcast episode with your friends, clients or colleagues who you think might be inspired by this conversation. It could give them some practical ideas on how to apply Solution Focus in their daily life.Thank you!
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Listen to more Simply Focus Podcast episodes:
SFP 99 – Introducing Solution Focus in Schools: The kind of teachers we want to be with Sharon Casey
SFP 55 – Practice-Based Evidence: Looking at what is effective in what we do with Prof. Frank Thomas
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How happy I am that I’ve listened to this podcast right now!
The words of dr. John Murphy resonates so much with me!
RESPECT – trust – trust – trust your client – attitude – genuine want to know – respectful curiosity – what can I learn –
And above all:
“It’s the strongest selling point for working in a sf way (…) .
It activates & empowers those very important common factors of change correlated very highly with outcome.
(….)
THOSE factors I put in first, then (..) techniques ….”
Vey much in doubt lately whether I will go forward in what I feel is sooo very important: connectedness and everything related to that, I know by now: I WILL!!
Thank you again Elfie and Dominik for a wonderful podcast including dr. John’s lovely, genuine music!!
Thank you Bibiana for your energising voice! When the podcast is finished I always go back to the beginning to make sure your voice is in my head and a smile is on my face when reflecting on what I’ve wonderfully learned this time!
Dear Ella, thank you so much for your comment. We are happy that you listened to this podcast too. The words around respect you mentioned above resonated with us very much too. IT’s amazing how John describes what respect in action means. When we visited John this was visible in everything he did. It was so inspiring. And it’s so great that you WILL go forward with connectedness and everything related to that. We are curious to hear more from you about that. And thank you for mentioning Bibi and her voice – we go back to the beginning quite often too 😉
Great podcast and inspiring challenge of the week. It gave a new boost to a project I’m working on. Many thanks for all your podcasts, Elfie and Dominik. Pure gold!
Thank you so much, dear Anton! That means a lot! Looking forward to hearing more about your project 🙂
Thank you for this podcast episode! I really liked the quote by Steve deShazer that Dr. Murphy mentioned: “You never know what question you asked until you hear the answer”. The challenge of the week was also nice, when the question was asked, who would want us to succeed, an unexpected mentor came suddenly to mind, it is a good way to identify resources around us we did not realize!