Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a short-term, goal-focused, and evidence-based therapeutic approach. It incorporates positive psychology principles and practices and helps clients change by constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems.

In this 2-hour interactive continuing education presentation for mental health clinicians, Dr. Mollie Innocent-Cupid, LCSW will cover both assessment and intervention for clients of all ages. Therapist participants will learn the foundation of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), the key principles of its theory, and the differences between SFBT and other common treatment approaches. This interactive training will include case examples and experiential prompts to apply assessment and intervention skills. The goal of this training is for participants to leave feeling confident and prepared to apply SFBT effectively in their clinical practice.

This introductory level continuing education webinar is designed to help mental health professionals:

1. Identify key differences between Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and other common approaches to mental health treatment.
2. Describe at least two solutions-focused interventions (e.g. experiment invitations, searching for exceptions, previous solutions, compliments).
3. Explain how to manage progress using scaling.

Course Agenda:

• What is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)?
• Use of SFBT in Different Settings and Populations
• Strategies and Interventions
• Working with Clients - Practice and Role-Play
• High Risk Behaviors/Crisis, Cultural Competence, Limitations

Statement of program material's accuracy, utility, and risks: This training is based on the theories established by Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is recognized as an evidence-based treatment modality at a global level. References will be provided to participants.

Declaration identifying any potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support: Presentation of this material is free from any conflict of interest on the part of the instructor.

If you have any questions or would like information regarding disability accommodations, please contact GoodTherapy here.

Continuing Education (CE) Information

2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety. 

GoodTherapy is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.

GoodTherapy.org, provider #1352, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/2022 – 3/30/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.

GoodTherapy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

GoodTherapy, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395. GoodTherapy, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.

To receive CE credit hours for an archived event, you will need to complete a survey as well as a 12 or 15-question exam, verifying that you listened to or watched the event in its entirety. Archived CE events generally are considered "homestudy" by licensing boards.

Registration Information

Premium and Pro Membership with GoodTherapy includes access to this web conference at no additional cost, as well as other member benefits such as a profile listing in GoodTherapy's Therapist Directory. Not yet a member? Sign up for a Premium or Pro Membership, here.

Just want CE credits? Sign up for a monthly or annual CE Subscription with GoodTherapy to get unlimited access to our CE Program, including this event, other live CE web conferences, and hundreds of hours of homestudy courses.

Mental health professionals who are not members can attend this live web conference for $30.95 or access the homestudy recording for $15.50. Sign up here to purchase this CE course and earn a CE certificate.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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