Solution Focused Brief Therapy

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Program Information

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

Speaker

Elliott Connie, MA, LPC Related seminars and products

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Elliott Connie, MA, LPC, is a Texas-based psychotherapist in private practice and the founder/director of The Solution-Focused University, an online learning community that trains and provides resources for professionals who want to master the Solution Focused approach in their work. Over the course of his 15-year clinical career, Elliott has successfully worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and families using a solution-focused model to help them achieve their desired outcomes. He is an experienced speaker who has gained international recognition for training hundreds of practitioners throughout the United States, Australia, Europe and Asia on the solution-focused treatment model. Elliott is the author/co-author of four books, including Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma (Oxford University Press, 2018), The Solution focused Marriage: 5 Simple Habits That Will Bring Out the Best in Your Relationship (The Connie Institute, 2012), Solution Building in Couples Therapy (Springer, 2012), and The Art of Solution Focused Therapy (Springer, 2009).

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Elliott Connie is the founder of The Solution Focused Universe and maintains a private practice. He receives royalties as a published author. Elliott Connie receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ellicott Connie is a member of the American Counselor Association and the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association.

Additional Info

Program Information

For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.

Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.

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Objectives

1. Utilize specific solution-focused strategies, including miracle and best-hopes questions to improve clinical outcomes.
2. Compare the benefits of utilizing a solution-focused approach versus other evidence-based treatment models.
3. Implement solution-focused interventions that shift the conversation from “problem talk” toward productive, solution-oriented talk.
4. Assess the practical benefits and limitations of utilizing a solution-focused treatment approach with clients.
5. Summarize the current research related to the efficacy of a solution-focused approach to treatment.
6. Implement the structure and questions of the Solution Focused Approach with their clients in an ethical way.

Outline

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

• 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
  • Increase likelihood of between-session work
• Video case examples: See each step in action!

• 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

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Addiction Counselors
• Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Case Managers
• School Counselors
• Physicians
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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