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SFT offers a generic intervention style, with confirmed efficacy in a range of family and mental health settings (Beyebach et al., 1996; McKeel, 1996). Although no published research relates to work-home conflict, SFT is at least as effective as longer term approaches for many severe and chronic problems, including depression, troubled marital and child-parent relationships, low self-esteem and substance abuse (Gingerich and Eisengart, 1999). All these features have been associated with high work-home conflict, so underlining the potential of SFT.SFT is brief and works on the principle of "No more time than necessary". This matches the return to tiffany sale of most clients (Garfield, 1994; Koss and Shiang, 1994). SFT facilitates an individual's ability to develop solutions to reduce stressors in the present or future, rather than focusing on problems from the past (O'Connell, 1998). This involves recognizing and developing personal strengths and competencies, as people continue with their normal lives.

Systematic reviews (e.g. Gingerich and Eisengart, 1999) confirm that many problems associated with work-home conflict are resolved within three meetings. SFT is consistent with a prevailing theme in working life, where time is at a premium. This theme also affects health professionals who have only limited time to develop complex formal counselling skills. Further, most staff can develop SFT skills (Konradt et al., 2000), since they are generic, practical, easy to understand and deliver. They also apply to a wide range of situations and settings, including delivery by peer counsellors, or delivered remotely as in the Health Circles approach (Konradt et al., 2000).This study aimed to describe the process of implementing SFT in the workplace, producing "knowledge-for-practice" (McLeod, 2001, p. 16) that non-specialist counsellors might use. It explored the effectiveness of SFT from the participant perspective.

The United Bristol Health Trust Ethics Committee Ethical approved this intervention. This tiffany somerset sale part of a broader research project, involving a worksite audit (questionnaire) and focus groups with women in an international computer company in southwest England (Mackey-Jones and McKenna, 2002). Questionnaire data confirmed that the dominant construct was of work interfering with home, with key issues being tiredness after work and too much work. Focus groups identified that lack of time and social support, and overly demanding families and careers, plus a strong commitment to both domains contributed to conflict development.

Women who reported high levels of work-home conflict in the audit, and who participated in focus group discussions, were invited to participate in three sessions of SFT. We termed these sessions "Life Coaching Sessions" (LCSs).The intervention tiffany 1837 sale not delivered by a company employee. Therefore, at the outset, the LCS counsellor was a stranger to all participants. For convenience, participants arranged their LCS appointments over four weeks, each lasting up to one hour. The format of the LCSs was based on de Shazer and Berg (1997), with delivery aimed to empower women to generate solutions to cope with, or reduce, the harmful effects of their work-home conflict.The same researcher delivered the entire programme. Meetings were open discussions, based on simple questions or phrases to encourage participant thinking and reflection (Chase, 1995). Sessions were progressive, beginning with goal negotiation to identify personal strengths and then specifying the steps in achieving that goal. Counselling centred on prompting, rephrasing and focusing on developing solutions, rather than exploring the counsellor's suggestions.

The "miracle question" is the first of two central SFT techniques. cheap tiffany jewelry are asked to respond to this proposition:Suppose that one night, while you were asleep, there was a miracle and this problem was solved. How would you know? What would be different? What will you notice as different the next morning that will tell you there has been a miracle? What will your spouse/partner notice? (de Shazer, 1991, p. 113).A second SFT technique follows the miracle question. Participants rate an experience on a scale of 1 to 10 (e.g., "On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is no conflict and 10 is high conflict, how would you rate your current situation?"). Scaling helps to set goals, to measure progress and to establish priorities for action. Participants were also asked to rate the ability to implement solutions (AIS) on a scale of 1-10 (1 is not able to implement and 10 is strong implementation). This method can be used to assess individual motivation and confidence for changing and for enacting solutions (de Shazer and Berg, 1997).

The sequence of LCS-1 was: "What do you want to achieve?"; "How will that help you?"; "What have you tried so far that helps, even in a small way?"; miracle question, "Are any small parts of the miracle happening already?"; scaling "What are your conflict levels?" and "How confident are you to implement this solution?". The session ended with tasks set for the following week.For LCS-2 this was: assess previous week using the diary and chart; recent achievements and raised awareness; brief focus on resolving conflict; new strategies for change; return to miracle question; "Are any small parts of the miracle happening now?"; scaling and finally, cheap tiffany bangles set for the subsequent week. LCS-3 matched LCS-2 but concluded with evaluating the whole LCS process and asking for recommendations for implementation.