Users’ views of SFBTIt cannot be as

Users’ views of SFBT
It cannot be assumed that clients and practitioners agree about what
happens in therapy and what is helpful. Metcalf ’s (1996) adult clients
thought that the practitioner took an educational role and made
suggestions. In contrast the practitioners perceived that they elicited
solutions. Parents in Lee’s (1997) study of SFBT in a child and
adolescent mental health setting also perceived the practitioner in
an educational role; they valued useful feedback and education. They
also reported that SFBT helped thinking and that they valued
the support, validation, positive focus and goals. The parents less