In Solution Focused Therapy, which question asks the client to rate their current level on a scale to indicate change and guide goal setting?

• A. Coping Question
• B. Exception Question
• C. Scaling Question
• D. Miracle Question

Answer: (C)

Scaling questions in Solution Focused Therapy involve asking the client to rate their current level on a numerical scale (for example, 0 to 10) to indicate change and guide goal setting. This approach gives a concrete, trackable measure of progress, making small improvements tangible and helping both client and therapist decide the next steps. It also helps elicit the client’s preferred level of functioning and clarifies what needs to shift to reach that goal, anchoring conversations in concrete change.

Other questions serve different purposes: a coping question focuses on how the client has managed the situation and what resources they’ve used; an exception question looks for times when the problem was absent or less severe; and a miracle question invites the client to imagine a future where the problem is solved and describe that scenario.