Solution-Focused Applied Psychology

Louis Cauffman is a Clinical Psychologist and Business Economist. One of the first to introduce the solution-focused approach in Europe, Louis remains passionate in his further development of the solution-focused approach as an epistemological tool. He is owner-director of SOLT.E.A.M, an international training institute, author of Developing and Sustaining a Successful Family Business: A Solution Focused Guide (Routledge 2022) and Creating Sustainable Results with Solution-Focused Applied Psychology: A Practical Guide for Coaches and Change Facilitators (Routledge 2023). Mathieu Weggeman is a Full Professor of Organizational Science and Innovation Management at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). At that university, he also obtained his MSc in Industrial Engineering and he holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Tilburg University, Netherlands. In recent years, Weggeman has been particularly committed to further developing and applying the design science research methodology within the Sciences of the Artificial (Simon, 1969).

Introduction on the Content

Dr. Peter de Jong

Introduction on the Methodology

Dr. Joan van Aken

1. Introducing a Solution-Focused Applied Psychology
Protocol, (SoFAP-P)

2. Field Problem and Design Objective

3. Empirical Grounding of the SoFAP-P Design

4. SoFAP-P, a Solution-focused Applied Psychology Protocol

5. Validating SoFAP-P

6. Evaluation of SoFAP-P and a Glance into the Future

Appendix A: SoFAP-P Cases ex ante
Appendix B: The 4 Minimax Decision Rules in detail

Appendix C: Use of building blocks in the SoFAP-P design

Appendix D: Opinion survey among solution-focused applied psychology practitioners; questions and results

Literature

Acknowledgements