Solution Focused Approach and the OSKAR Model

While many of the other psychological approaches to behavioral change focus on the problem, solution-focused approach challenges this mindset. The approach has its origins in Brief Solution Focused therapy which avoids analyzing the problem and instead encourages a focus on identifying solutions. Solution focused coaching, like many of the other approaches described in this book has migrated from therapy into coaching, but its future orientation and solution focus makes the transfer from therapy to coaching an easy one. In this chapter we will briefly explore the model and how it can be applied in coaching through the OSKAR framework.