Description
The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Certificate consists of three 12-hour courses which include zoom-based learning, sharing, reflection, practice and debrief to enhance skills and improve implementation of the growing and increasingly essential clinical practices associated with the Brief Therapy model. The skills presented in each Zoom session will be explored using client cases, review of related scenarios or case consultations, and practice opportunities. The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Certificate is a series of interactive, practice-based courses which intend to create a community of practice atmosphere in which practitioners can deepen their skills, practice, and reflect.
The three courses are:
- Implementing Brief Therapy Modalities
- Maximizing the Potential of Single Session Therapy
- Using Brief and Single Session Therapy with Complex and High-Risk Issues
Certificate Requirements:
- Each 12-hour course requires a commitment of four 3-hour Zoom sessions and an additional hour per week of connection to peers and resources on a learning platform.
- To complete the Brief Therapy Certificate, you must complete all three courses and corresponding asynchronous Self-Guided Practice
- Due to the interactive, practice-based, peer sharing, and collaborative learning model employed throughout the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Certificate, none of the courses will have equivalency with any other completed trainings.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize the principles, foundational approaches, and critical skills of Brief Therapy.
- Generate meaningful questions that elicit client change and co-construct outcomes for sessions that are sensitive, compassionate, and realistic.
- Implement techniques relevant to diverse populations, complex clinical presentations, and a wide range settings and circumstances.
- Reflect and apply transformative self knowledge to the work and develop grounding techniques to use as a practitioner to enhance focus, efficacy, and self care.
- Identify key elements of effective single session therapy, use a Single Session Conversation Guide, and manage time, self-compassion, risk, and resources in Single Session Therapy.
- Engage a range of techniques that effectively nurture client resiliency and agency.
Who Should Attend
These courses will benefit mental health practitioners who frequently engage in stand- alone brief conversations with clients, and is designed for practitioners working in brief service delivery formats such as mental health walk-in clinics, crisis or outreach services, school settings, and community-based mental health organizations.
Course Dates & Format
This is a 36-hour training program. This certificate consists of 3 separate courses that are 12 hours each. Each course consists of four 3-hour interactive virtual sessions using Zoom.
Instructor: Alesya Courtnage, MA, RP, CCC
Alesya received a Masters of Arts degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA in 2001 and has been practicing as a psychotherapist in different mental health settings ever since. In 2008 Alesya attended her first workshop in the Solution Focused Approach and fell in love with the hope, optimism and respect that drives this way of working with others. Currently, Ontario is the epicentre of mental-health walk-in clinics and her clinical work in this area inspired Alesya to become interested in the potential of Single Session Therapy both as a service delivery model and as an effective clinical intervention. This passion has led her to both lead and attend trainings in Single Session Therapy around the world. She has provided training to hundreds of front-line staff and continues to act as a consultant to many agencies across Canada. Alesya is currently completing a PhD in Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her area of research is connected to risk management and the integration of brief and traditional service delivery models.
Training Fee
Group Registration: Save 20% off individual fees with a group registration of 4 or more participants. Download the group registration form HERE.
Continuing Education Information
Continuing Education Credits available from the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). Each course has been evaluated by the CCPA at 12 CEC hours. This certificate program provides a total of 36 CEC hours.
Licensing boards and professional organizations will grant Continuing Education credits for attendance at their discretion when participants submit the course outline and certificate.
In-Service
This is available as an in-person or virtual in-service training and customized to suit your needs.
