Solution-Focused Therapy
Presentation. Developed in the 1980s by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy transformed therapeutic practice. This course explores the foundations and principal techniques of an approach whose influence now extends across the whole family of brief therapies.
Training objectives
- Discover the guiding principles laid down by de Shazer.
- Understand the techniques that foster client engagement, mobilize the client’s own resources and keep attention on the positive.
- See how these techniques can be woven into other therapeutic models.
Content. The course presents the simple, effective rules of this therapy and shows how they favour the construction of a desired life over the mere suppression of symptoms. You will also see how research, among other tools, informs everyday therapeutic practice.
Keywords. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy · Steve de Shazer · Insoo Kim Berg · Therapeutic techniques · Positive therapy · Brief therapies · Client engagement · Therapeutic goals · Systemic approach · Desired life · Symptom suppression
Target audience. Mental health professionals, therapists, counsellors, psychologists, and anyone wishing to learn solution-focused brief therapy methods.
In short. Join this seminar to discover the methods and principles of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and how to apply them to bring positive, lasting change to your clients’ lives.
Educational objectives
- Discover practical tools for the helping relationship.
- Learn the key working principles that help the client become self-reliant.
- Use task prescription.
- Analyse the typical questions of brief therapy.
- Set up exercises for observing change in client behaviour.
- Use the CRAPP tool.