This podcast is the narrated version of my article <a href="/blog/solution-focused-therapy-techniques-exception-question/">3 Ways to Ask Exception Questions</a>.
Exception questions are a valuable tool from Solution Focused Therapy. In this podcast I talk about a smoking cessation client where I used exception questions to help him use his love of swimming to wash smoking out of his life forever.
In this episode I talk about:
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<li>Why there&#8217;s an exception to every rule and how to use this</li>
<li>How to tell when the problem isn&#8217;t a problem</li>
<li>Asking about times when the problem pattern doesn&#8217;t happen</li>
<li>Asking what was different</li>
<li>Using presuppositions to help pinpoint resourceful exceptions</li>
<li>Spreading the calm around</li>
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Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:
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Challenging Negative Thinking: Podcast 026

Mark Tyrrell is a therapist and trainer, and co-founder of Uncommon Knowledge.

His interest in psychological treatment began in the late 1980s while working in a secure psychiatric hospital. He has worked as a therapist and trainer since 1995, specialising in brief, solution focused therapy.

His approach focuses on what actually works in the therapy room, rather than theory for its own sake.

In this podcast, Mark shares practical insights, techniques, and perspectives drawn from real therapeutic experience, designed for therapists, counsellors and anyone interested in effective psychological change.