Keynote 4

Friday, May 15th 2019

Jacob Pronk Hall

16:30 – 17:00

Solution Focused Brief Therapy

USA

Solution Focused University, Keller, Texas.

From its inception, the Solution Focused Brief Therapy could be understood as having a focus on “straightening the line”. The original Milwaukee team went on to create a new and ground breaking approach to helping people, but it all started with an attempt to make helping conversations more efficient. The approach they created may be simple, but mastering this approach is anything but easy and many people struggle to gain true mastery. In sticking with the tradition from the original Milwaukee team, this presentation will further “shorten the line” by describing the Solution Focused Approach as a 3 phase process with the acronym BOD. By thinking about this approach in this way, attendees will see more clarity within the model as well as have the line straightened just a bit more as they take further steps towards mastery in their own use of this way of working.

Attendees to this lecture will:

• see an increase in their confidence to use this approach with any client who is being impacted by any problem.

• will be able to implement the Solution Focused Approach, as described by the presenter, into their current practice with this approach.

• will gain a deeper understanding of the underlying principles that guide this approach.

Elliott Connie, MA, LPC is a psychotherapist that practices 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 University, 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 throughout 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 4 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”.

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• Therapy/counselling/coaching/social work/mental health