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.
All of us at BRIEF congratulate Carrie Jordan, who completed our first Advanced Certificate in Solution Focused Practice course (2020) and who has just recently been successful in being accredited in Solution Focused practice by UKASFP. Carrie was part of the cohort who managed the shift from a face-to-face…
We are from time to time asked about SF self-help books. Here is a selection. We have not 'road-tested' them, and no recommendations are implied.
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 term of Supervision/Consultation sessions. 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 you will find more information on what is required if you read more via the link below.)
| Location | Course | Course Date | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 1 | 27 Apr - 28 Apr 2021 | £360.00 | info | |
| online | Solution Focused Supervision Group | 29 Apr - 29 Apr 2021 | £36.00 | info | Book |
| online | Solution Focused Supervision Group | 13 May - 13 May 2021 | £36.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 2 | 19 May - 20 May 2021 | £360.00 | info | Book |
| online | Solution Focused Supervision Group | 27 May - 27 May 2021 | £36.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 1 | 08 Jun - 09 Jun 2021 | £360.00 | info | Book |
| online | Solution Focused Supervision Group | 10 Jun - 10 Jun 2021 | £36.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 3 | 16 Jun - 17 Jun 2021 | £360.00 | info | Book |
| online | Solution Focused Supervision Group | 24 Jun - 24 Jun 2021 | £36.00 | info | Book |
| online | SF Practice: Foundation Level 1 | 07 Sep - 08 Sep 2021 | £360.00 | info | Book |
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.
A question recently raised the issue of just how we listen to people and the assumptions that we bring, or do not bring, to our conversations with clients. Evan George responds.
July 9, 2020
