Course info

Date: 05/01/23 @8:45am-1pm (EST) Cost: $80

 Instructor: Tatia Williams, Psy.D., LPCC-S, Psychologist

CE Credit Hours: 4

While the notions of years of psychoanalysis or 1x weekly outpatient psychotherapy are still part of our larger social awareness of therapy, the reality is that, for most of us and our clients, therapy is in fact brief. Brief therapy occurs for a variety of reasons, both intentionally and unintentionally, and sometimes less really can be more. In this age of managed care, there is a great deal of pressure to engage in brief therapy even when an individual could more greatly benefit from more prolonged psychotherapy. Brief therapies tend to be strength-based, harnessing clients' strengths/resources with a future focus, as opposed to insight-oriented, but have marked effectiveness, nonetheless. In this workshop, Solution-focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and many of its accompanying interventions will be explored and practiced.

Goals:

·        To introduce clinical mental health professionals to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and initiate the development of skills through hands-on practice in order to provide its interventions effectively.

Objectives:

·        Attendees will be able to describe the mechanisms of change that accompany brief therapy modalities and verbalize the appropriateness of their use.

·        Attendees will be able to implement at least 3 new evidence-based brief interventions.

Workshop Outline:

8:45-9:45 The rise of brief therapies and brief therapy goals

9:45-10 SFBT mechanisms of change

10-11 Ten principles of SFBT and important types of questions

11-11:15 BREAK

11:15-12:00 Session one and subsequent session strategies

12-12:15 Homework suggestions

12:15-12:30 Diversity Considerations when applying SFBT

12:30-1 Application of skills to presenting issues and wrap up

Mid-Ohio Psychological Services, Inc. has been approved as a CE provider by the Ohio Psychological Association (#311358292), the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (RCS060502), and as a NBCC ACEP^TM No. 7265.