By Anthony M. Grant
Solution-focused approaches to facilitating purposeful positive change through methodologies such as
coaching have great potential to contribute to the broader human change enterprise. To date there has been
limited exposition of psychological theory within the solution-focused arena, and few attempts to articulate
taxonomies specific to solution-focused research, teaching and practice, thus restricting the development and
broader adoption of the solution-focused paradigm. Drawing on the established solution-focused literature,
this paper seeks to address this issue by articulating a tripartite taxonomy for solution-focused coaching based
on the framework underpinning the Solution-Focused Inventory. This model consists of three factors:
(a) Goal-orientation; (b) Resource Activation; and (c) Problem Disengagement – subscales of the Solution-
Focused Inventory. Implications of this taxonomy for teaching, research and practice are discussed and a
range of future directions for research explored.
Source: The Coaching Psychologist Volume 7 No 2 December 2011, p98-106
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