The miracle question or “problem is gone” question is a method of questioning that a coach, therapist, or counselor can utilize to invite the client to envision and describe in detail how the future will be different when the problem is no longer present.

What is an example of the miracle question?

The basic format of the miracle question is “Now I want to ask you a strange question. Suppose that one night while you were asleep, there was a miracle and this problem was solved. However because you were sleeping you don’t know that the miracle has happened.

What is the miracle question used for?

The miracle question is an intervention used to explore clients’ hidden resources or solutions for their present problems. When therapists ask a miracle question, they build a good story line and lead the clients to envision how different their life would be if a miracle happened over night.

What are the types of questions that are used in the solution-focused approach?

What do you think you did to make that happen? What do you think (other person) would say you could do to make that happen again? When is the problem not a problem? What are you doing differently then?

When might it be appropriate to use a miracle question with a client?

1. When would a clinician use the Miracle Question? The Miracle Question is a goal setting question that is useful when a client simply does not know what a preferred future would look like.

What is scaling in counseling?

Scaling questions ask patients to rate their priorities, goals, satisfaction, problems, coping strategies, successes, motivation for change, safety, confidence, treatment progress, and hope on a numerical scale from 1–10.

What are coping questions in solution focused therapy?

Coping questions ask about how clients somehow manage to keep going in spite of the adversity they face. For example, someone who is suicidal obviously has not killed himself yet.

When should you ask a miracle question?

When would a clinician use the Miracle Question? The Miracle Question is a goal setting question that is useful when a client simply does not know what a preferred future would look like.

What is solution-focused interviewing?

In solution-focused interviewing, practitioners build empathy by first asking clients questions about their goals, resources, and strengths. This important step is the basis of a three-part therapeutic process that assists clients in setting realistic goals and building a plan to achieve them.

What are the three rules of solution focused therapy?

Solution-Focused Model

  • Change is constant and certain;
  • Emphasis should be on what is changeable and possible;
  • Clients must want to change;
  • Clients are the experts in therapy and must develop their own goals;
  • Clients already have the resources and strengths to solve their problems;
  • Therapy is short-term;

What is solution focused questioning?

Solution-focused therapy is a type of treatment that highlights a client’s ability to solve problems, rather than why or how the problem was created. Like positive psychology, Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) practitioners focus on goal-oriented questioning to assist a client in moving into a future-oriented direction.