Posted on 24 June 2025
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.
Posted on 03 March 2025
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!!
Posted on 08 July 2024
The new edition of the Journal of Solution Focused Practices is now available. Some great pieces including on the state of SF in Finland and Iran as well as and opinion piece on A Solution Focused Approach in Times of War: Views From the Inside by Victoria Spashchenko. You can find the full list of contents and the link by clicking on READ MORE.
Posted on 07 November 2023
At BRIEF we have been sharing our thinking about Solution Focused Practice online for many years. We have put together a bundle of useful short presentations on the approach addressing the key questions and practice issues. To make access easier here is an 'index' of those presentations and the relevant links.
Posted on 19 July 2023
An exciting new development.
Posted on 27 January 2023
The most recent edition of the Journal is now available for free online. There are a host of interesting articles including one with the premises of which I rather disagree. Click Read Below and you will find the link.
Posted on 17 January 2023
The UKASFP Conference is taking place in Oxford in July, from Thursday 6th to Friday 7th. if you book before 30th April you will benefit from the 'early bird' rate. Find out more about the conference by clicking on Read More.
Posted on 17 January 2023
Medina, Beyebach and García have published an important paper exploring «the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in child protection services». Despite the methodological issues, which the authors highlight, this paper is both interesting and promising. Download a pdf for free HERE.
Posted on 03 August 2022
Our learning from Summer School takes a time to process. I am beginning to have some ideas about where Summer School might take me but it is a bit early to write them down. So what can I say?
Posted on 30 May 2022
Congratulations to Stephan Natynczuk on the forthcoming publication of his book Solution-Focused Practice in Outdoor Therapy.
Chris Iveson writes about the way that, at BRIEF, we think about the question of the relationship between client and worker.
July 9, 2020
