Positive psychologie and Solution Focus

Frederike-Bannik, Paul Z Jackson

Abstract

This article provides a short introduction of PP and SF and compares the two approaches, looking at similarities and at differences. Although Positive Psychology (PP) and Solution Focus (SF) are different enterprises, the conclusion is that both are aiming to help clients to have a better future and that their fields could benefit from each other: SF from the PP research and practice and PP from the SF research and using ‘SF language’. SF may be more art than science, and PP more science than art, but they overlap fruitfully in any practical quest for human flourishing.

Article