What is SFT?

Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) is a simple, short-term, goal-orientated, highly effective and versatile therapy approach that is accessible to us all. It changes lives. Unlike many other therapies, SFT recognises that the client is the expert of their own solution in life, assisting them to think not about their problems but about their strengths and possible solutions.

While SFT is not yet widely known, it isn't new and was developed by Steve de Shazer and Inzoo Kim Berg at a Family Therapy Centre in America in the 1980s. By the 1990s SFT arrived to London and it's popularity and availability has continued to grow.

SFT offers you a place to feel heard, valued and supported, and at R. Locke & Son we are proud to offer this as part of our aftercare and bereavement support options.

About Sorcha O'Flynn

Sorcha O'Flynn's journey to become a Solution Focus Therapist at R. Locke & Son is rooted in many years’ experience of working within the care sector including domiciliary care, care homes, private care and in hospices. As a certified social worker, Sorcha is trained in active listening by The Samaritans and has experience working within the Mental Health sector.

More recently, Sorcha provided bereavement support for the Irish Hospice Foundation and UK financial companies, which led to her becoming Solution Focused trained through the charity ‘Change’ based in Birmingham. Sorcha joined R. Locke & Son in 2025 as our Bereavement Support Co-ordinator – you may meet her out in the community at bereveament support groups and events, or you can work with her for private 1:1 or family sessions.