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Posted on 8th January 2010 by Mariama Turay
It is always a joy to touch base with the BRIEF team and recharge my solution focused batteries. So two days packed with Live supervision, a potted history of SFBT, stimulating discussion and meeting people...
Posted on 7th January 2010 by Mariama Turay
NEW in 2010 - 2 day course
Drug and alcohol workers regularly face some of the toughest situations imaginable. Dealing inevitably with mental health and child care issues alongside their substance misuse roles demands a great...
Posted on 7th January 2010 by Mariama Turay
NEW in 2010 - 1 day course
A 1-day crash course for doctors and primary care staff
Make your workdays more enjoyable. You will learn skills that are so obvious you will wonder why it has taken...
Posted on 7th January 2010 by Mariama Turay
NEW in 2010 - 1 day course
A lively introduction to the solution focused world! Revitalise your life and your work with this fast-paced practical workshop. You will learn how to apply a solution focus to...
Posted on 1st October 2009 by David Cole
For the first time BRIEF is delivering a certificate programme in partnership with another organisation. Staff Care, a leading UK Employee Assistance provider with specialist expertise in the field of trauma in the workplace and...
Posted on 1st October 2009 by David Cole
Some time ago Kay Vaughn and colleagues working at the Colorado Psychiatric Hospital wrote a paper describing and evaluating the introduction of an alternative care regime in their part of the hospital, central to which...
Posted on 1st October 2009 by David Cole
Matthew Moore writes:
12 months ago I took a leap of faith. Having twisted my boss’ arm for months and months she finally agreed to let me go and do the diploma course at BRIEF. This...
Posted on 1st October 2009 by David Cole
Chance UK is a rapidly expanding organisation offering mentoring to children aged between 5 and 11 with behavioural difficulties. Delivering its service through volunteers working with children over the course of one year Chance UK...
Posted on 9th December 2008 by David Cole
I have recently returned from Palestine, where I delivered two courses in solution focused brief therapy, which as far as I am aware was the first time that the approach has been introduced there.
BRIEF were...
BRIEF EVENTS
15 & 16 March 2010
Those struggling with substance abuse problems bring with them to treatment their own unique set of challenges. In this two-day...
9 June 2010
It is one thing to use your solution focused skills in conversations with children and parents who come along armed...
25 June 2010
Imagine a school where there are drastically fewer discipline referrals, where students develop their own academic strategies for success, where...
26 June 2010
The Solution Focused Approach is best known for being a pragmatic and positive approach to change, utilizing client strengths and...
11 - 12 November 2010
Solution focused work with children requires special skills because small children do not yet have elaborated language skills and the...