Can be taken as an individual one-day course or as a part of a Certificate in Resource Based Therapies (4 days training) approved by the BPS Learning Centre.
Course Fees Per Day:
Early Bird Discount: £99 + VAT (£116.33) per delegate (available for all bookings received by SDS Ltd 1 month or more prior the course date). Regular price: £125 + VAT (£146.88) for bookings received within a month of a chosen date.
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Brief Solution Focused Therapy offers at least an enhancement to existing therapeutic approaches and at best an alternative to other evidence based therapies. It utilises process techniques that predate CBT but which the latter has begun to embrace, whilst sharing a great deal with both Systemic and Client Centred approaches. Historically questioned regarding its applicability to “difficult clients” this seminar highlights it’s use with complex clients also outlining a range of techniques not demonstrated in previous SDS seminars.
This course is designed to introduce and enhance delegates therapeutic expertise through the exploration and application of this evidence based approached
Our aim is to provide you with the highest possible standard of training, a solid grounding in Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT) and enable you to make immediate use of your learning on return to your workplace
This course enhances your knowledge of BSFT using a wide range of learning techniques
New techniques not previously showcased in SDS seminars
Extensive real case illustration and reference back to the latest empirical research
Video demonstrations of techniques
Case consultation with lots of opportunities to address delegates’ difficulties with clients
CD-Rom containing detailed seminar notes including new worksheets to use immediately with clients
The day will consist of the morning session (starting sharp at 10.00) and an afternoon session (finishing at 16.30). Refreshments are provided during your morning and afternoon break. Lunch break (1 hour) – lunch by own arrangements.
Due to the intensive nature of this training we advise you to have extra drinks of water with you and layers of clothing to adjust effectively to the temperature in the room.
FAQ about this course:
Do I need prior knowledge of Brief Solution Focused Therapy?
No prior knowledge is required. However, a background in a "helping profession" working within a defined model of practice is highly desirable.
I’ve attended an SDS course before on Brief Solution. How different is this course?
It’s totally different with no overlap with the previous course. Apart from a brief recap at the beginning, the course introduces both new techniques and new adaptations and looks at their application to difficult, complex and unmotivated clients. There are also extensive opportunities to bring your own difficult cases to be explored.
How will I know if Brief Solution Therapy will work with my clients? They are very unmotivated/ damaged/cognitively impaired.
The evidence base for Brief Solution is now very extensive and one of it’s key strengths is that it does not require the client to even agree they have a problem in order for the approach to be used. The only requirement is that the client is able and willing to communicate with you in some way. The approach has been used with those identified as offenders, those with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and those with severe enduring mental health problems – amongst many others
I’m not a Brief Solution Focused Therapist. I’m a CBT Therapist/Client Centred Therapist/ Exploratory Psychotherapist/Group Therapist. Is this course any use to me?
Yes ! There are a number reasons for this. Firstly, Brief Solution has often been described as a non-theoretical approach. Without going into further detail here, you are likely to find that many of its components “bolt onto” your existing therapeutic modality. It does not require you to “give up” your current approach in order to use it. Secondly, it has a strong evidence base regarding its outcome effectiveness. Additionally, it is supported by a great deal of work within general psychology (especially neuropsychology). Thirdly, although providing new and different tools, you will find much that is already familiar and similar to the approach you use.
Actually I’m not a psychotherapist/counsellor at all ! Is this course any use to me?
Yes….as long as you are involved in the field of helping people to change their behaviour and attitudes! For instance, It has been used in a variety of health behaviour change fields ( including smoking cessation and weight loss) and with client groups as diverse as the unemployed and those with learning difficulties. One of the major UK books in the field is written by a Speech and Language therapist and it is also used as a management, supervision and team building approach.
Course Outline:
09.00 Registration & Refreshments for 10.00 start
10.00 Key components of a brief solution approach – revisiting and rethinking
10.30 Adaptions and alternatives to the Miracle Question
- Working with unhealthy or `unrealistic client goals – an issue revisited
- Strategies for enhancing and adapting the “Miracle Question”
- Techniques for working with a “preferred futures” with specialist client groups including those with ASD, cognitive impairment and those with serious mental health problems
11.15 Refreshments
11.45 A Brief Solution approach to “involuntary and unmotivated clients”
- Brief solution techniques for motivating clients who hate you and don’t want to work with you
- Turning poor motivation into client led optimism and solutions
- How to view resistance as co-operation
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Three Brief Solution techniques for moving clients forward
- Circular questioning
- Mutualising
- The use of the prediction task
(Demonstrations and discussion)
14.45 Refreshments
15.15 Case consultancy
- Exploration of cases raised by the group
- Examination of techniques by the group
16.30 Finish
Course Leader:
Paul Grantham MSc, M.Clin.Psychol, C.Psychol
Paul is a clinical psychologist with a background within the NHS in community care. He currently trains extensively within the NHS, Social Services and the Independent sector on a range of therapy based topic areas. His interests currently lie in addressing obstacles to personal and behavioral change. An extensively informed, and humorous presenter, he emphasises the practical rather than just the theory of client based work
LONDON