[Pre Order] Solution Focused Brief Therapy Master the Language that Leads to Rapid & Sustainable Change

What Distinguishes SFBT From Traditional Approaches?

• Key tenets, theories and the evidence behind SFBT
• How important is the problem?
• Why assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning don’t guide treatment
• ”The details drive the change”
• The absence of symptomology versus the presence of what clients most desire
• The two most important words in SFBT

Intentional Questions: The Strength Behind SFBT

• Reframe questions as invitations
• How to build questions that:
  • Lead to meaningful answers
  • Create change that sticks
  • Harness your client’s strengths and resources
  • Immediately replace resistance with buy-in
  • Keep the client engaged throughout session
• Core SFBT questions:
  • Desired Outcome: Discover what clients want to be different in their lives
  • Resource Talk: Activate the client’s strengths
  • Preferred Future: Elicit a detailed description of what the client wants
  • Scaling: Measure progress toward the desired outcomes
  • Coping Questions: Find positive resources even in difficult situations

Inside a SFBT Session: Innovative, Practical Strategies from Start to Finish

• Opening the Session
  • Why your first few interactions are crucial
  • How to elicit hope right away
  • Key questions to instantly shift the client’s perspective
• The Core of the Session
  • Working with one problem at a time
  • Strategies to build momentum toward the client’s hoped for future
  • Tolerating silence and using it as a valuable tool
  • What to do when the client is focused on problems and symptoms
  • Techniques to keep the client engaged and the session meaningful
• Closing the Session
  • Specific strategies for effective session closure
  • Increasing the likelihood of between-session work
• Video case examples: See each step of SFBT — in action!

SFBT Across Settings and Populations

• School-based SFBT
• Group therapy
• Children, adolescents and families
• Couples
• Addictions, trauma and severe mental illness
• Multicultural factors
• Ethical considerations
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Be the one who is there for your clients as you confidently guide them to the next step toward their desired future. By the end of this training course, you’ll know how to:

1. 1. Implement solution-focused strategies that improve clinical outcomes with a variety of patients, including those living with anxiety, depression, and strained relationships

1. 1. Apply SFBT skills with patients both in-person and using a telehealth platform — offering patients hope and resilience in cases where these were lacking

1. 1. Ask the right questions to help move your clients from “stuck” to hopeful as they stay engaged throughout sessions and shift problem-focused talk toward productive, solution-focused talk

1. 1. Ensure that your clients know that you believe in them and that you believe that they can change

1. 1. Elicit hope in clients and increase the likelihood of between-session work for diverse clients and populations, including couples, families, children, and adolescents

1. 1. Activate client strengths and measure progress toward desired outcomes — helping them find coping skills in the most difficult situations

1. Assess when solution-focused therapy may NOT be of the best interest of your client…

And so much more!