SFBT's trial literature (the miracle question, scaling, resource focus) shows respectable outcomes for its scope. The lesson for NLP: the orientation works when operationalised with discipline and measured honestly — which is a fair description of what evidence-respecting NLP practice already does. Claiming SFBT's evidence for NLP wholesale would be dishonest; the kinship is real.
Solution-Focused Evidence
Solution-focused brief therapy — built on outcome-and-resources orientation startlingly similar to NLP's — has trial evidence behind it, unlike NLP as a package.
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ShriViral Manek, Institute of NLP India · reviewed 30 Sept 2026