Solution Focused Groupwork

SOLUTION FOCUSED GROUPWORK – A two day training with Biba Georgieva

Wednesday & Thursday 7 — 8 Occtober

When Solution Focused practice moves from one-to-one conversations into groups, something remarkable happens: people begin to help each other think, ideas travel across the room, and small signs of progress become visible. Participants discover that they are not just here to receive support—they are resources for one another. This is the power of Solution Focused group work.

Instead of analysing problems, groups focus on hopes, resources and the small steps that make change possible.

Over two days we will explore how to design and facilitate groups where this can happen.

For whom

This course is for practitioners already using Solution Focused practice with individuals who are curious about applying it in groups, and for professionals who regularly facilitate groups and want fresh, practical tools. You’ll leave inspired, equipped, and confident to bring Solution Focused approaches to any group setting.

Course content

During the training we will explore:

· How Solution Focused practice works in group settings

· Designing and structuring Solution Focused groups

· Starting well: warm-ups, contracting and establishing group spirit

· Leveraging the group as a resource for discovering preferred futures

· Working with scales, questions and exercises in groups

· Encouraging participants to ask each other useful questions

· Navigating challenges while keeping the group Solution Focused

· Adapting the approach to different contexts (therapy, coaching, education, community work, teams)

· Ending groups well and helping participants take ideas forward

What to expect

This highly interactive, experiential training gives you a chance to experience Solution Focused group work from the inside. You’ll experiment with tools and techniques you can immediately take back to your own practice. Over two days, we’ll explore how to create group environments where people feel safe to contribute, collaboration emerges naturally, and the collective intelligence of the group becomes a catalyst for change.

By the end of the two days you will leave with:

· A clear understanding of how Solution Focused principles translate to group settings

· A set of practical activities and exercises you can immediately use

· Greater confidence facilitating Solution Focused conversations in groups

· New ideas inspired by the experience and creativity of the group itself

Trainer

For almost twenty years, Biba Georgieva has been facilitating Solution Focused groups across diverse settings, cultures, and countries, including mental health, education, coaching, leadership, youth work, and community contexts. She creates learning environments where people feel safe, equal, and able to contribute, fostering organizational culture shifts and unlocking collective capability. Since 2019, Biba has been delivering Solution Focused Group Work courses for BRIEF, bringing her ideas and energy to every session.

Biba has been working with groups since 2008. Her work varies from running groups in formal settings: university tutors, students with disabilities, academic staff, EU commission, Slovenian government as well as non formal education on international level under Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps. She is experienced in running groups of various sizes and durations on topics of inclusion, tolerance, youth entrepreneurship, human rights, peace education, conflict resolution, stress management, mental health, solidarity and non-formal education.