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Brief solution focussed therapy print version | course feedback

 
Learn about this action-orientated intervention which can be highly successful in helping people implement change. Practise the key skills needed to help people build clear goals and treatment pathways for themselves.  
     
Duration: This is a two day course

Tutor(s): Phil Harris.

Dates:
   
02/11/2010 and 03/11/2010    
17/02/2011 and 18/02/2011    
     
Notes:    




Course Outline

    
To understand the role of Brief Solution Focussed Therapy in a trans-theoretical approach to counselling problematic behaviours.    
By the end of the course participants will have had opportunities to:
  • explore assumptions about preparation for change
  • help develop client directed approaches
  • recognise the influence of the helper on motivation
  • practice key skills in Brief Solution Focussed Therapy
  • recognise the effectiveness and limitations of Brief Solution Focussed Therapy
  • understand the role of Brief Solution Focussed Therapy in the context of a broader counselling framework
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    Agenda

    		    

    Day One

     

    Times

    Session Content

    9.30
    Introductions

    9.45

    Assumptions of Practice

    Problems and solutions; Pre-suppositional Language; Principles of solution focused therapy.

    11.00

    Break

    11.15

    Measuring Impact

    Therapeutic Alliance; Outcome Rating Scales; Session Rating Scales.

    1.00 pm

    Lunch

    2.00
    Goals

    Goal Setting; Hypothetical Frames

    (Miracle \ Perfect Day \ Nightmare Questions).

    3.00

    Break

    3.15
    Exceptions

    The Erickson Code; Exceptions Building.

    4.30

    Close

     

    Day Two

     

    9.30

    Building Mastery

    Cheerleading; Bridging

    11.00

    Break

    11.15

    When it Doesn’t Work

    Scaling Goals; Scaling Historical Exceptions; The Client’s Theory of Change.

    1.00 pm

    Lunch

    2.00

    Other Peoples’ Problems

    Conversation Matrix; Involuntary Clients.

    3.00

    Break

    3.15

    Putting it all Together

    Case Study; EARS

    4.00

    Review and Evaluation

    4.30

    Close

    		    
         
    DANOS Units - AI1, AI2