Which Technique asks the client to imagine a future in which the problem is no longer present, asking what would be different and how they would know the miracle occurred?

• A. Time Projection
• B. Miracle Question
• C. Paradoxical Intervention
• D. Reframing

Answer: (B)

This is about a future-focused, solution-oriented technique. The Miracle Question asks the client to imagine waking up tomorrow and a miracle has happened—the problem is gone. Then they describe what would be different in their life and how they would know the miracle occurred. This moves the conversation away from the problem and toward clear, concrete outcomes and signs of change. It helps clients articulate specific goals, which then become the target for steps and small progress checks, often using scaling to measure shifts toward that imagined future.

Other approaches involve changing perspective (reframing) or using paradoxical strategies (prescribing the symptom) or projecting into the future in ways that don’t explicitly center on a miraculous resolution; they don’t elicit the same clear, tangible future scenario of life without the problem.