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Solution-Focused
Therapist Training
Upcoming Trainings:
CHI Professional Development: Intro, Level 1 & Level 2 Trinings.
Information and registration
New York State National Association of Social Workers
Level 1 training
Information and Registration
The Focus of Soluton Focus Therapist
Training is on the Practical:
* How to use pre-change
questions
* How to use future
questions
* How to use the
miracle question.
* How to use exception
qustions.
* How to make numbers
work using
scaling.
* How to use coping
questions.
* How to develop
compliments.
* How to develop between session
suggestions.
* How to apply SF to
your clients.
* How to think like a
solution-builder
"You clearly understand
the what and WHY of solution- focused
therapy and have a knack for conveying
what you know. More importantly, you
understand how and why clients are both
competent and valuable. You convey this
with an authenticity and conviction."
Explaining the Logo
On
top of the page, you will see the
Center for Solution-Focused Training
logo There are some models of therapy
that focus on emotions as the agent of
change. Others focus on actions
and still others on thoughts. I
view all three as part of a system of
change. If one changes, then the
others will change as well. It
is this idea that expands therapy to
include all three: actions, feelings
and thoughts. Change begins when any
one of these three changes to make a
difference. This
is where solution-building happens.
"I
was diagnosed with Asperger's
Syndrome, and ever since
that day, life was never the same. No one
really cared about who I was until the
diagnosis. The next thing I know, all the
kids who bullied me in school are nicer to
me, and the family has been on my nerves
ever since."
[click to
read more]
What
is Solution-Focused Therapy?
The
basic ideas for solution-focus brief
therapy began over 30 years
ago. Steve de Shazer became
interested in what people do that
help them find solutions to the
problems that brought them into his
office. This was a very
different way of thinking about
therapy (it still is).
De Shazer learned to ask
useful questions and these questions
helped the client think in more
positive and useful ways about their
predicaments...
[click
to read more]
How
to find a Solution-Focused Therapist
This
video is about differentiating
between therapists who claim they
are solution-focused and those that
truly are.
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Introducing
Joel
- A solution-focused
therapist, trainer, supervisor, and
organizational consultant with over 40 years
of post-graduate experience and 30
years as a solution-focused clinician and
trainer.
- A frequent presenter
of solution-focused practice at
conferences.
- Co-author of
articles on solution-focus published in
professional journals including two with
Insoo Kim Berg, a co-developer of the
solution-focused approach. (see resume).
- A founding member of
the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Association (www.sfbta.org).
- Completed Advanced
Methods Training In Solution-focused Brief
Therapy, and Advanced Supervision Training
in Solution-focused Therapy with the
co-developers, Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de
Shazer, at the Brief Family Therapy
Center, the home of Solution-Focus in
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
- Completed
and certified in advanced training in
Ericksonian Hypnotherapy with The New
York Milton H. Ericksonian Society for
Psychotherapy and Hypnosis.
- Licensed
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW),
Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical
Social Work (BCD),
and a member of the Academy of
Certified Social Workers (ACSW).
Click to find out
more.
For further information about training, click
"Training" above. For further information
about me, see "About Joel" above.
Contact Joel
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Solution
Focus Network Meetings
A
group of people interested in and
practicing solution focus has been meeting
monthly in Albany, NY. since 2010. Meetings are informal
and have included discussions, case
consultations, and video/discussion. Meetings are free; CEU's are available through the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for a fee.
Upcoming
2024 HVSFN Dates:
4/13, 7/13, 10/5
Discussion topics to be announced.
All meetings are from 9am to 12 noon.
Meetings are hybrid
The topic of the 4/13 meeting is "How do you use SFBT in your practice?"
If you want more information
about the meetings, visit NASW-NYS's continuing ed. webpage. For more information about the Hudson
Valley Solution Focus Networ, visit the Network
page.
Books
Authored by Joel :
Solution-Focused Brief Practice with
Long-Term Clients in Mental Health Services.
Solution-Focused Practice in End-of-Life
and Grief Counseling
Solution-Focused Case
Management
Opportunities in Solution-Focused Interviewing
[Click
on any book for further information or to
order]
Joel in Japan
In July, 2016, I spent several
days as a trainer in Japan. Click
here for a slideshow (pictures by
Yuichi Takenouchi).
Announcing
the Next SFBTA Conference
The 2023 conference will be held October 20-21. Joel will be leading a pre-conference SF 101 workshop on the 19th. Information
can be found at the association's
website.
In 1999, I pubished an article
co-authored with Insoo Kim Berg
entitled Solution-Focused
Brief Therapy with Long-Term
Problems. The article
outlined the basics of
solution-focused brief practice and
its specific application to working
with those who have been diagnosed
with serious mental illness. Since the
article is no longer available
for purchase, I have made
it available for download here.
[click
to download]
American
Association for Marriage and
Family Therapists
AAMFT
held their 2014 annual conference
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They had
designated Friday of the
conference as a tribute day to
both Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim
Berg. I had been invited to
present at the conference. In
part, the invitation stated: "Your
work and excellent reputation will
provide an immense benefit to the
program."
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