SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY

Solution Focused Therapy training from one of the UK's leading providers of intensive short courses.

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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
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Background:

Recently, Brief Solution-Focused Approaches to therapy have been getting the attention they deserve. Whereas previously the title allowed some people to think that this was a superficial approach, it is now recognised that the reverse is the case.

Brief, Solution-Focused Approaches identify those 'higher order' factors which are most effective for a particular individual.

Therefore rather than the therapist being tied into a particular set of principles which s/he tries to apply to all comers, the therapist identifies those principles which hold good for a particular person. A rather more thoroughgoing and radical approach.

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In 3 days you will cover a great deal:

•  What is Brief, Solution-Focused Therapy? An examination of its background, history,
   definitions and current usage.

•  How behaviours develop, and how they may become out of all proportion to the original    cause, how this analysis can - paradoxically - be refreshing for both you and your clients.

•  Finding a solvable problem; re-phrasing problems so it is possible to eventually solve
   them and choosing problems that the client is prepared to solve (and will still achieve
   the key purpose).

•  How the solutions that clients adopt sometimes fuel the problem, and how to introduce
   new solutions.

•  The changing of failing strategies. The paradox whereby some professionals will indulge
   in more rather than less of a failing strategy. Why they do this and how it can be reversed.    The use of 'directives' and homework tasks. Why these are crucial in therapy and how to    make them work to their best.

•  The use of the Brief Therapy Assessment form and its application to your own clinical    caseload.

•  Re-framing the problem; seeing the problem in a different light can sometimes radically    alter the way it appears. This is a major method of helping clients to see their situation    differently, and therefore to begin to act differently. Often shrouded in mystery, we
   de-mystify it and introduce a reliable method for producing 're-frames'.

•  The use of anecdotes, parables and metaphor in therapy. How they partly relate to
   re-framing, why they work so effectively and how to generate them. The importance of
   visual re-frames.

•  How to use exceptions in order to find solutions. The concept of a template for success.
   The miracle question, and other powerful questions to ask to generate solutions and   
   exceptions to the normal rule.

•  Developing a future focus; the two reasons why this is a key. How the future can be    planned and how it can be achieved. The doubly-essential reasons for achieving this.

•  Where to from here? How to capitalise on the course.

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What this course will do for you. You will...

•  This course aims to introduce attenders to the principles of Brief, Solution-Focused    Approach in such a way that they have a firm grasp of them and will be able to start using    them with their own clients in a safe and helpful way.

•  By the end you will be at home with the approach which is a breath of fresh air both to    client and professional.

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Download printable Microsoft Word information Sheet
 
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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
We bring the training to you for an all-inclusive fee of £4,195 plus VAT.

  

Target Training Day also available on this topic – see Targeted Training Days.

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