Center for Solution-Focused Training 

Actual Comments from Trainees 

 

   

 

This was excellent.  Good pacing, good balance of lecture and activity.  Very well organized and interesting.

Joel's experience and examples in actual therapy cases that reinforced what he taught us.  The powerpoint/video presentation was an excellent teaching tool.  His open mind and humor!

I liked that after the description of the tool, we had a chance to see how they are being applied in practice through video clips.

You really answered each question asked of you and helped me better understand this approach.

The idea of focusing on solutions rather than problem solving - totally different from what I've been taught.

Great!  I'm very interested in learning more.

I enjoyed the exercises because they were well designed to show how the brief therapy approach is quite different; but effective.

I enjoyed this and found it helpful - I am looking forward to trying it with my students.  Thank you

I found that Joel's style as a trainer is very helpful.  

You are very skilled and enthusiastic and I appreciate you sharing both with me.  You helped to clarify quite a few things for me.

I enjoyed it all.  I wish I could do it.  I want to learn more.

I found the questions, feedback and spontaneous role play where groups worked together with a client to ask questions with input from Joel very useful.  Great job! I really enjoyed and learned from this training.

I found this training very informative especially with hands on practice and videos to see it working in real situations.

I feel like I have a good, strong sense of SFBT and have the basic tools to implement them.  That's a lot to learn in a training.  Thank you.

Live sessions and discussions of process were the best!  Learning the new language.

This training made me think about how I can implement this style of therapy into my position as a clinician.  I'm already thinking about what changes I want to make when I return to work.

Excellent presenter!! I received a wealth of knowledge!

Wonderful program.  I really appreciated the videos and discussion.

Great interaction, variety of formats and experiences.

Interesting and helpful tools and approach/questions etc.

Our team thoroughly enjoyed the training and really learned so much that I think we can incorporate into our daily practices. Thank you so much for being here and for your energetic and very thought provoking presentation. I know I will personally use much of this in the future.

 

Following are the results of a recent training evaluation where participants were asked to rate various elements on a range of totally disagree, disagree, neutral, agee, totally agree:

Totally Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Totally Agree
The presentation met my expectation 0% 0% 0% 10% 90%
Joel was well prepared 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
The workshop held my attention 0% 0% 0% 20% 80%
The material was presented in an organized manner 0% 0% 0% 10% 90%
The material was clear and easily understood 0% 0% 0% 10% 90%
The material is potentially useful to what I do. 0% 0% 0% 20% 80%
I would recommend this workshop to others. 0% 0% 0% 10% 90%

In 2009, I presented 5 times for PESI in the Philadelphia, PA and Minneapolis, MN areas.  Following  is the average of all 5 ratings.
1 = poor, 2 = below average, 3 = average, 4 = above average, 5 = Excellent

Program 4.58
Speaker 4.64
Delivery 4.60
Knowledge 4.82

In August 2011, I completed a training with New York Foundling's Rapid Intervention Team.  Following is the  average of all 5 ratings..
1 = Not at all,   5=Fully
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The training met my expectations0%0%0%33%67%
The presener was well prepared.0%0%0%0%100%
The material was presented in an organized manner0%0%0%0%100%
The material was clear and easily understood0%0%0%44%56%
The training helped me prepare to practice solution-focus with my clients0%0%0%75%25%

Question 6:  What surprised you the most about the training?
  • How much SFBT makes you change the way you think and work with clients.
  • The shift in thinking required.
  • How a shift in thinking is required.
  • The actual method of SFBT.  I came to this training blind and was very surprised by the tools used and method. 
  • The way things got easier as the days went along.  
  • Easy concepts.  Hard to put into practice.  
  • How different the ideology of the practice is from other, more traditional practice modalities.
  • Outside the box thinking, a shift in my own thinking.    
Additional Comments:
  • I liked the way the training was conducted.
  • Excellent Training!
  • Thank you.  I enjoyed the training very much.
  • Joel's openness, dedication and patience in training the staff.  Joel's direction was precise and helpful in understanding the material and feeling appreciated as a professional .  Thank you for your support and guidance.  My hopes of becoming a successful solution-focused therapist is a 10 on the scale.  

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