When it is used
Use it when a concern, goal, confidence area, or progress area needs a repeatable rating across sessions.
General Scaling Question for SFBT
General Scaling Question is a Solution-Focused Brief Therapy assessment device for practitioners working across sessions. It helps capture a client's current numeric rating and qualitative explanation for a clearly defined concern, goal, confidence, or progress dimension.
Define a sample dimension and try a rating.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Why dimension wording matters
The dimension defines the meaning of the number. Materially different wording should start a separate series.
Incomplete entries
A rating without explanation can be stored, but it should be marked incomplete for qualitative review.
Is this a generic survey builder?
No. Configurability is limited to defining the dimension being scaled while preserving the SFBT scaling mechanic.
Can I compare ratings across different dimensions?
No. Entries should be compared only when they use the same stable dimension and anchor meaning.
What if the client cannot choose a number?
Capture the discussion without forcing a rating.
What is saved to my account?
The tool itself and intentionally configured dimension/anchor wording are saved. Demo ratings and sample explanations are not saved as real client data.