Sensing a student's nervousness in the first week of class, the teacher asked her What can we do which you think will help you learn. It set her feeling better and she started focusing on what will help her learn; in the following days she was making positive goals with the teacher. The teacher started with a positive focus or solution-talk. Suppose, if the teacher had worded the same question as What are your concerns that are making you nervous! the student couldn't have helped but think more about her apprehensions.When we look at the academic settings in India, knowledge of brief positive interventions can be a useful tool not only for counselors but for teachers as well. The present paper focuses on one such relatively newer approach to counselling and therapy interventions- brief (SFBC) with a focus on academic settings. Though it has developed as a therapeutic system, but SFBC's techniques can be useful in isolation as part of our interaction (solution-talk) with students. This paper will also analyze the recent researches conducted about efficacy as well as limitations of brief solution focused interventions in schools/colleges. Timeefficient modalities like 'group counseling' and 'single session interventions' are cited. Issues related to existing research are also included.Solution-focused brief counseling: History, techniques, scopeSolution-focused counseling is a strength-based model that emphasizes clients' natural resources and problem-solving skills to bring about positive change (Gutterman, 2010). Beginning in 1980s with the work of de Shazer, Berg and colleagues, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is based on over twenty years of theoretical development, clinical practice, and empirical research. It relies on solution-building rather than problem-solving and respects the client's perspective of the desired future. Solutions are co-constructed by searching for 'exceptions'- problem could have occurred but it didn't (Trepper et al., 2010). In their book 'Counseling Children', Thompson and Henderson (2010) say that Solution focused counseling is based on the idea that talking about the positive parts of the client life builds self-worth, creates optimism, and begins a change process that starts with existing strengths and resources. Thus, client is helped in exploring what is going right, what he wants to continue and encouraging them to do more ofthat.SFBC with studentsAccording to Murphy (2008) author of the award-winning book, Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools (American Counseling Association, 2008), while counseling students, we can promote cooperative, change-focused relationships by: (a) validating clients' struggles and perceptions; (b) encouraging their active involvement and collaboration; (c) conveying hope in their ability to change; (d) commenting on any positive changes no matter how small and giving them credit (f) focusing on future solutions instead of past problems; and (g) obtaining their feedback and adjusting services accordingly. Solution-focused counselors seek out the fluctuations or exceptions to the problem by directly asking for them (e.g., Tell me about a recent time the problem did not occur, or wasn't as bad as usual, What was different about that time than usual?, What will it take to make that happen more often?).Thus, it is a practical approach allowing flexibility in the use of theories and techniques, as well as flexibility to be as brief as required thus saving the limited time that is available to students, counselors as well as teachers .Metcalf (2008) suggests a practical approach to shift towards a positive focus in interaction between teachers, students and parents. She reports that the best tools that work with students actually come from them, and in this process of discovery they gain self-esteem. According to her, when working with students, teacher s and parents, searching for more efficient, successful and happier times solicits solutions. …