What is a central focus of solution-focused therapy?

• A. Uncovering unconscious roots of problems
• B. Dream analysis
• C. Implementing a picture of how the client will act after solving a problem
• D. Medication management

Answer: (C)

Solution-focused therapy focuses on the future and concrete action. Therapists help clients articulate a preferred future and the specific behaviors they will use to get there, creating a clear plan for change and emphasizing what the client will do differently once the problem is resolved. This future-oriented, action-driven approach is why describing how the client will act after solving the problem is the best fit.

Uncovering unconscious roots aligns with psychodynamic approaches, dream analysis is associated with analytic traditions, and medication management belongs to medical/psychiatric treatment—none of which are central to solution-focused practice.