Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Level 2 Training

9:00 am to 4:00 pm EST, both days

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Joel Simon, LCSW, ACSW, BCD

NASW-NYS Members: $120

NASW Other Chapter Member: $240

Non-Members: $300

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 12.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

Workshop Description

This follow-up Solution-Focused Brief Therapy training is an extension of the basic course. The basic course covered the foundations of the Solution Focused(SF) model and the 7 solution-focused interventions. This training expands on these and provides more opportunities for practice, and discussion. While the participants will help to design the the training together, the training will include a brief review of the fundamentals, a full session video with discussion, and a full session roleplay. The second day is planned to give the particpants opportunities to practice. It’s recommended that participants have either completed the basic course or its equivalent, have a good grasp of SF concepts, and are using the model in their own practice. 

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Name the 7 tools of solution-building
• Name the 3 basic rules of solution building
• List the 5 elements of the “thinking break.”
• Name the characteristics of a useful goal.
• List the basic solution focused assumptions.
• Name the 4 stages of E.A.R.S.
• Through role-plays, participants will be able to demonstrative a facility using the 7 tools of solution-building.

This workshop is approved for 12.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS 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 social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Joel Simon, LCSW, BCD, ACSW, is a solution-focused therapist, trainer, supervisor, an author and co-author of three books on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and an organizational consultant with over 40 years of post-graduate experience and over 30 years as a solution-focused clinician, supervisor, and trainer. He is a solution-focused trainer, a frequent presenter of solution-focused practice at conferences, an author and co-author of 3 books on solution-focused practice, as well as articles published in professional journals including two with Insoo Kim Berg, a co-developer of the solution-focused approach. Joel is a founding member of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association (www.sfbta.org).