BRIEF News Archive
Posted on 29th November 2011 by Evan George
At BRIEF we have from the beginning been lucky to be a team, and in particular a team of practitioners fascinated by Solution Focus. Being a team has given us over the years a willing...
Posted on 27th November 2011 by Evan George
The influence that the solution focused approach is gaining in the world of coaching is growing. Whether it is called Brief Coaching or Solution Focused Coaching, (even Solutions Focus Coaching), whatever the name, the approach...
Posted on 3rd November 2011 by Evan George
About a year ago, I had a very interesting conversation with an Occupational Psychologist friend. He was enthusiastically telling me about a powerful new coaching
technique he had come across. He explained it to me with...
Posted on 30th September 2011 by Evan George
Here is a personal memory of five very interesting workshops I attended during the 2011 EBTA conference held in Dresden.
Plamen Panayotov did a presentation, illustrated with a ‘live’ session, on his crazy idea of asking...
Posted on 10th August 2011 by Evan George
During the coming months BRIEF is looking forward to the publication of two new books with Routledge. The first Brief Coaching: a solution focused approach is due to appear in late November 2011 and the...
Posted on 19th May 2011 by Evan George
I was a course participant on the 2 day course you ran in Leicester recently. I would like to thank you- it was an inspiring 2 days, both in the content, and the learning experience....
Posted on 14th May 2011 by Evan George
Since the first solution focused book was published just 25 years ago the approach has been growing rapidly and is becoming increasingly influential. The evidence for this development is clear:
· Solution Focus is being taught...
Posted on 28th March 2011 by Evan George
In March BRIEF delivered a three-day programme at the Father Andeweg Institute for the Deaf in Beirut, Lebanon. The Institute works with children aged between 3 and 19 drawn from across the whole of the...
Posted on 21st December 2010 by Mariama Turay
2011 is already looking like an exciting year for BRIEF – with new courses, a host of international presenters, the 6th Diploma and the 3rd Summer School, as well as a number of interesting invitations...
Posted on 9th July 2010 by Mariama Turay
A huge thank you for this training. I left inspired and re-energised and feel that SFT is something that I will be able to use...
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...