Course Duration: 1 day

Solution-Focused Therapy

Generating individual solutions

Solution-focused therapy is a practical, outcome-oriented approach to counselling, which can achieve short-term resolution of a range of problems and issues. This course is suitable for professionals from diverse health, community and education settings.

Course Detail

Solution-focused therapy is a highly practical, outcome-oriented approach which can achieve short-term resolution of a range of personal problems and issues.

Applicable across diverse health, community and education settings, it is a form of structured counselling which supports clients to generate their own solutions.

The SFT framework offers a model of brief intervention which is strengths-based and future focused. Based on a set of conversation tools, it offers a pragmatic approach to addressing a wide range of issues and can be delivered in a clinical or community context. It is suitable for clinicians, along with other human services professionals such as youth workers, mental health workers, human resource professionals and career counsellors.

Topics include

  • SFT assumptions
  • Applications, strengths and limitations
  • Establishing collaborative rapport
  • Scaling
  • The miracle question
  • Exception seeking
  • Coping questions
  • Problem free talk

This course includes

  • Engaging, up-to-date materials.
  • Take-home resource package.
  • All day catering and beverages - with dietary needs catered for.
  • Certificate of attendance.
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Group Bookings

Need this course, or something similar, for your team? We have separate group pricing for custom training.

Instead of attending a public course, it can be more cost-effective if we run this course for your team at your premises on a date of your choosing.

Contact us to discuss your specific needs & to obtain a quote.

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Upcoming Course Dates

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Public training PRICES – 2023/2024

Our scheduled public training courses are held at our venue and include take-home course materials and all-day catering.

Price per person:

One-day courses: $315 Standard | $215 NFP | $145 Concession

Two-day courses: $540 Standard | $370 NFP | $250 Concession

Half-day courses: $190 Standard | $130 NFP | $85 Concession

  • Standard: Corporate and Government
  • NFP: Staff of non-profit organisations, micro-businesses with less than 5 staff and self-funded waged individuals
  • Concession: Concession Card Holders paying as individuals

 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PUBLIC TRAINING

We offer a small number of scholarships to those who would otherwise be unable to afford to attend. Scholarship recipients pay a nominal fee toward catering and materials ($25 half day | $45 one day | $90 two days). Links to apply for scholarships are shown in individual events when available.

CUSTOM training PRICES – 2023

The prices below are valid until end of 2023. However, while 2024 will see a necessary price rise to keep pace with increasing costs, all custom courses booked by the end of 2023, with deposit paid, will be charged at 2023 prices regardless of when the course is delivered.

Custom courses for your organisation are suitable for groups of 6 to 24 people and include quality take-home materials and course customisation.

Price per group:

One-day courses: $2200 Standard | $1850 NFP

Two-day courses: $4400 Standard | $3700 NFP

Half-day courses: $1400 Standard | $1200 NFP

Contact us for a personalised quote.

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