Successful Brief Therapy—Going Beyond Classic Solution-Focused Models
Whether it is because of agency demands for services, session limits by insurance companies, or clients' impatience to put a problem to rest, short-term therapy is no longer just a clinical model but also an increasingly necessary approach to therapy services. It's about interaction and direction, education and accountability; it's about behavior, action, breaking patterns, doing it different. It's more Dr. Phil and less Dr. Freud. It's a way of thinking about problems and a specific way of working in sessions.
Through lecture, role-plays and demonstrations, and case examples, you'll learn how to hit the ground running from the initial contact. Going beyond the classic solution-focused models and miracle questions, we'll discuss how and where to focus for quick and accurate assessments, give you roadmaps for treating the common problems that couples and families present—affairs; addictions; the violent, ambivalent, or stale couple; the family with the acting-out teen. You'll learn how to define and change the core dynamic that keeps individuals and couples stuck, motivate clients to break out of patterns and step outside of their comfort zones, and learn powerful, experiential exercises for both assessment and treatment.
Whether you want to try on a new perspective and shake up what you do, fine-tune, or learn some new tricks, you will leave this workshop feeling creative and energized.
Course Content
Introduction and Overview
Couple Role Play
Essential Elements of Successful Brief Therapy
Foundational Concepts
Guided Imagery Exercise
Treatment Maps for Common Couple Problems
Demonstration of Emotional Freedom Technique
Treatment Maps for Common Family Problems
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The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the American Psychological Association and the ASWB. Full attendance at this course will qualify for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit.
This educational offering consists of 6.0 clock hour(s) of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this offering and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.
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The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the American Psychological Association and the ASWB. Full attendance at this course will qualify for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit.
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Robert Taibbi, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 40 years' experience primarily in community mental health working with couples and families as a clinician, supervisor and clinical director. Bob is the author of Clinical Supervision: A Four– Stage Process of Growth and Discovery and Clinical Social Work Supervision.
Bob is the author of four other books: Doing Couples Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners; Doing Family Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice, now in its 3rd edition and recently translated into Chinese and Portuguese; Boot Camp Therapy: Action–Oriented Brief Treatment of Anxiety, Anger & Depression, and the forthcoming The Art of the First Session.
Bob is also an online columnist for Psychotherapy Today magazine, has published over 300 magazine and journal articles, and has contributed several book chapters including Favorite Counseling Techniques: 55 Masters Share Their Secrets, which cited him among the top 100 therapists in the country. He served as teen advice columnist for Current Health, a contributing editor to Your Health and Fitness, and has received three national writing awards for Best Consumer Health Writing.
Bob is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of South Carolina, and has served as adjunct professor at several universities. He provides trainings nationally and internationally in the areas of supervision, couple therapy, family therapy, and brief therapy. He is currently in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Marriage and Family Therapists, School Counselors, Hospice Staff, Community Mental Health Staff, Medical Social Workers/Counselors, Mental Health Nurses, Case Managers, Ministers/Clergy
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