BRIEF News

In Solution Focused Practice there is always something new: new ways of thinking, new ways of doing. It is a reflection of life, a constant renewal, a constant adaptation to changing circumstances. Life has changed dramatically over the past eighteen months, ending for some and challenging for the rest of us.

The BRIEF Summer School 2021 will take place ONLINE from Tuesday 17th August to Thursday 19th August. As for some years the Summer School team will be Chris Iveson, Adam Froerer, Elliott Connie and Evan George.

It is not every day that we come across an organisation advertising for a Solution Focused therapist - more often we find ourselves smuggling SF, very effectively, into our roles. However Oxford Brookes have got really interested in Solution Focus. This is a great opportunity. Click Read More for the link

Have you all been accessing the Journal of Solution Focused Practices. This is an excellent peer-reviewed journal which is free online. Click below to find the link.

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 course to an online course. We look forward to news of more of you following in Carrie's footsteps.

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.

Join Chris and Biba to explore the exciting application of Solution Focus to work with groups, teams, classes, meetings and more. This new course will take place online on 15th and 16th April. You can either book your place here on this site or directly on our Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solution-focused-groupwork-tickets-137293718207

BRIEF is offering online group supervision sessions for practitioners who are already incorporating Solution Focused practice into their work. The group will be facilitated alternately by Chris Iveson and Evan George.

What an international treat our two day online Summer School has turned out to be! What a learning experience for all of us! Just check out the range of countries that were represented. Amazing.

We have a new book just published, edited by Denise Yusuf, a BRIEF associate. Chapters from around the world by a range of authors some familiar and some published for the first time. 'This book is a Solution Focused treasure!'. Adam Froerer PhD, LMFT; Associate Program Director, MFT Program Mercer University, USA