The solution-focused therapy model was developed inductively rather than deductively. de Shazer and others have spent countless hours observing live and recorded therapy sessions at the Milwaukee center and noted any behavioral or verbal interactions that resulted in positive therapeutic change in their clients' lives. Unlike traditional approaches to psychotherapy in which it is common to uncover and analyze clients' past history in order to develop all kinds of solutions, solution-focused therapists view the process of therapeutic change in a very different way. In Shazer's own words, although "the causes of problems can be extremely complex, their solutions do not necessarily have to be