![]() ![]() Since these strengths can be a part of the solution, it is possible to use them during therapy in accordance with the philosophy of solutionfocused therapy. Clients’ strengths include their values, beliefs, experiences and spirituality. During therapy, the counselor focuses on clients’ strengths in life rather than their problems. Solution-focused therapy began to gain widespread attention in our country and around the world in the last quarter of the 20th century suggesting that clients possess the power, resources and problem-solving skills needed to solve their problems. This article is an exploration of issues related to counselling technologies, language and culture on the solution-focused notion of nonexpert practice. Yet, the drama conflict is one in which the client expects certain answers, reassurances and direction. It is the client who has the resources and who is expert in their own lives. ![]() The identity of the client is framed within multicultural narratives and discourse with which the psychotherapist grapples and strives to maintain a type of neutrality and equality, a relationship of nonexpertness. The client, the therapist and the drama of therapy represent the object of this performance in which cultural meaning is simply amplified. The role of the solution-focused psychotherapist (SFP) is less about confirming the rights of the client as an individual and more about amplifying their preferred social performance. Introducing social semiotics, London: Routledge. Zai sheng huo zhong, mei li de xiao, you ya de chou (In life, beautifully smile, gracefully worry) (From Van Leeuwen, 2005 Van Leeuwen, T. Orientalism is described as the ‘grandest of all narratives’ (Edward Said, 1978 Said, E.
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