In this warm, rich and deeply practical episode, we sit down with Vicky Essebag — therapist, educator, coach, and founder of Relation Spaces — to explore what happens when Solution Focus moves into the heart of school communities. 

Vicky has spent decades working across the school system — as a teacher, counsellor, and administrator — and what she's seen is remarkable. Fewer suspensions. More engaged students. Teachers who stay past the bell. Parents who show up. Administrators who stop butting heads and start co-creating. 

In this conversation we explore: 

• Why Solution Focus is just as much a communicative model as a therapeutic one
• What it really looks like to bring SF into classrooms, staffrooms, and leadership teams
• Her six principles of Relational Spaces — and how they help parents, teachers and administrators get into a solution focused mindset fast
• The ripple effect of SF in schools: fewer suspensions, more engaged students, teachers who stay past the bell, and parents who show up
• Why asking a struggling young person "how come nobody ever told you how kind you are?" can change everything

Whether you work in schools, lead organisations, or simply care about how we talk to young people — this one is for you.
 
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Connect with Vicky

• Website: relationspaces.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Podcast with Tara Gretton: School Solutions Talk 
• YouTube: youtube.com/@VickyEssebag

Vicky's Book Relationspaces: A Solution-Focused Handbook for Parents — available on Amazon
 

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