The Solution Focused Approach: Harnessing Hope to Create Lasting Change
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Educational Goal
Participants will gain competency in Solution Focused Therapy.
Description
This presentation will introduce participants to The Diamond Approach (Connie & Froerer, 2022) of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. The presenter will cover each of the components necessary to carry out a session from this approach, namely, 1) acquiring a desired outcome/transformation, 2) developing a coconstructed description of the desired transformation with details from the history, resources, and a preferred future, and 3) closing a session in a way that is meaningful and that honors the client’s autonomy and agency. Participants will watch recordings of sessions from this approach and have in-depth discussions about how this therapy is carried out. Finally, participants will have several opportunities to practice the skills needed to do this work.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Elliott Connie, MA, LPC is a psychotherapist practicing in Keller, Texas. He has worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and families applying the solution focused approach to help them move their lives from the current problems towards their desired futures. He is the founder and Director of The Solution Focused Universe, an online learning community that also conducts trainings to help professionals master the Solution Focused Approach in their work. He is recognized around the world speaking at national and international conferences and events in such places as the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, England, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Holland, Canada, and Asia, training practitioners to apply solution focused questions and techniques in their work. He has authored or co-authored four books including “The Art of Solution Focused Therapy”, “Solution Building in Couples Therapy”, “The Solution Focused Marriage”, and “Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma”.
Financially Sponsored By
- Aetna Better Health of Louisiana