Course Details:
This online course is suitable for anyone working in a helping profession. There is no prerequisite required to take this Solution Focused Brief Therapy Training.
This course comes with 14 Hours of Continuing Education Credits and a Completion Certificate. NBCC Credits are only available for the training material portion of this course. You will receive a separate certificate for your NBCC CE Credits.
Course Content and Learning Objectives:
This course is made up of over 45 video lectures all about using Solution Focused Brief Therapy with the Diamond Model.
It is broken down into 6 Modules including:
- An introduction to the 'Diamond' approach.
- 'Desired Outcome'.
- 'History of the Outcome'
- 'Resource Talk'.
- The 'Preferred Future'.
- Wrapping Up The Session
Also included:
- Our previous Diamond Certification Course
- A copy of ‘The Art of Solution Focused Brief Therapy’ by Elliott Connie & Linda Metcalf
- 4 SFBT session recordings (includes a first and second session)
- Interviews with 10 of the most prominent masters of SFBT
- A 10 part video series of case studies, ‘When SFBT should not have worked…but did!’
By the end of this course you will have:
- A clearer understanding of the Solution Focused approach and how it can be used effectively to help any client with any problem.
- More confidence in using this approach with your clients.
- Gain more skills in using the Solution Focused approach with your clients.
Course Presenters:
Elliott Connie:
Elliott Connie, MA, LPC is a Psychotherapist that practices in Arlington, Texas. He has worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and families applying the solution focused approach to help them move their lives from the current problems towards their desired futures. As well as being the Founder and President of The Solution Focused Universe, he is recognized around the world speaking at national and international conferences and events throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, England, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Holland, Canada, and Asia training practitioners to apply solution focused questions and techniques in their work. He has authored or co-authored 4 books including “The Art of Solution Focused Therapy”, ‘Solution Building in Couples Therapy”, ‘The Solution Focused Marriage’, and ‘Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma’.
Dr Adam Froerer:
Adam Froerer, Ph.D., LMFT is the Director of Research and Training for the Solution Focused Universe (The SFU). Adam previously worked for 11 years as a university professor, teaching and training students to be marriage and family therapists and clinical psychologists. After leaving academia, Adam shifted his focus to teaching and training professionals from around the world on how to study and master SFBT. Adam has authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and is the first-editor of “Solution Focused Brief Therapy With Client’s Managing Trauma,” a book published by Oxford University Press.
Cecil Walker:
Cecil Walker, MFT is a Solution Focused researcher and practitioner in Atlanta, Ga. He's spent years working with Adam Froerer on microanalysis and other SFBT research projects. He's presented research in the US, Canada, and Europe on SF topics and contributed to multiple publications on the approach including peer-reviewed articles and the book, Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma.
He honed his clinical skills closely studying the transcripts of sessions conducted by experts such as Elliott Connie and Chris Iveson to fully understand what makes the approach work and how to execute it.
Contact Details:
The Solution Focused Universe (The SFU)
Mail to: 4401 Little Rd. suite 550, PO Box 2032, Arlington, TX 76016, United States
Phone: (817) 602-1714
