A nurse working with a client being treated for depression is using solution-focused brief therapy during the client's brief psychiatric hospitalization. Which "exception question" would the nurse most likely use?

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Exception questions are rooted in the belief that nothing is constantly present at the same level of intensity-that there are fluctuations on how the client experiences "the problem." Thus, asking about when the client does not feel depressed is appropriate. Exception questions are used to help clients identify times when bothersome people or things are not present (or are present with less intensity). Based on the underlying assumptions that during these times, clients are usually doing something to make things better. Asking about first feelings of depression, feelings contributing to the depression, and events leading to depression would not reflect fluctuations in the client's problem.

A Nurse Working with a Client Being Treated for Depression