Train with BRIEF. Our comprehensive Course Programme offers the most flexible route to becoming an effective enabler of lasting change with individuals, families, groups, teams and whole organisations.
Find Out MoreSince 1989 BRIEF has delivered over 5000 days of agency-based training to organisations in the Public, Corporate and Voluntary sectors, throughout the UK, across Europe and as far afield as Australia, the USA and Canada.
Find Out MoreWhen we are stuck in a problem we can lose sight of where we would prefer to be; a Solution Focused Approach will help you identify and achieve a better future – mostly in less than five meetings.
Find Out MoreWe are the world’s leading centre for solution focused practice in therapy and counselling as well as in coaching, leadership, team building and conflict resolution.
BRIEF’s training programme is the most extensive in the world providing inspiration to front-line workers in health, education and social care as well as to senior executives in both public and private enterprise. BRIEF has delivered training in every corner of the UK as well as in over 20 countries across 4 continents. We have worked with drug and alcohol services in Greece, mining managers in Western Australia, Abu Dhabi health service workers, the staff of a school for children with hearing difficulties in Beirut and managers from 28 countries working for a global business and household name.
In 2026 BRIEF will be running our 6th Advanced Practice Programme online and the dates are now available. The course is structured over three terms, with 8 sessions each term, and taking place on Monday afternoons, 13.45 — 17.00 (UK time). The course tutors will be Evan George and Chris Iveson.
Since September 2024 we have been publishing our A- Z of Solution Focused Practice and we have now, finally, reached Z. You can find all of the 'letters' in resources and if you click below you will find a list of the titles and the links. Good reading!!
In order to apply for the BRIEF Foundation Level Certificate in Solution Focused Practice you are required to have completed all three levels of the foundation training and to have undertaken one Foundation Plus programme – 8 days of training with BRIEF in all. The Certificate confirms that applicants have given evidence of their understanding of the approach and have written up one piece of work, showcasing their competence in SF Practice. For those of you who have already completed trainings with BRIEF, perhaps some time ago, you will find more information about how your days of training are credited if you click on Read More below.
| Location | Course | Course Date | Price | ||
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| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 1 | 16 Sep - 17 Sep 2025 | £360.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 2 | 14 Oct - 15 Oct 2025 | £360.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 3 | 11 Nov - 12 Nov 2025 | £360.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Plus: Level 4 | 10 Dec - 11 Dec 2025 | £360.00 | info | Book |
If you are like us at BRIEF you will know your stuff but never quite know it enough! This will be a very interactive workshop for Solution Focused Practitioners in need of a top-up, refresher or wanting to obtain the BRIEF Certificate in Solution Focused Practice (following completion of the Foundation Course (Levels 1 – 3).
The course will be sufficiently practical for each participant to be able to begin using Solution Focused skills when they return to work. It will also provide a basis for continued self-development.
Chris Iveson writes about the way that, at BRIEF, we think about the question of the relationship between client and worker.
July 9, 2020
