Partners for Collaborative Solutions
THE LEVEL I FIVE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAM IN COLLABORATIVE STRENGTHS-BASED BRIEF FAMILY THERAPY
For many years, our Partners for Collaborative Solutions international training and consultation practice has been asked by sponsoring groups and organizations throughout the world for our team to offer a more intensive and in-depth training experience for their clinicians in the Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Family Therapy approach. In response to this frequently requested and popular demand, we have developed a Two-Level Five-Day International Certificate Training Program in Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Family Therapy. The training format for both levels combines information-rich didactic presentation, extensive use of videotape examples of major therapeutic techniques and strategies, daily live couple and family case consultations, trouble-shooting with difficult cases and clinical dilemmas, and skill-based exercises. The Level I week-long agenda of topics is as follows:
Monday:
Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Family Therapy: An Evolving Competency-Based Family Therapy Approach
Opening the Couple and Family’s Treasure Chest: Pre-Treatment Therapeutic Experiments to Elicit Client Expertise and Jumpstart the Change Process
Guidelines for Tailoring the Treatment to the Unique Needs, Presenting Problems, and Key Couple and Family Dynamics
Opening the Door: Effective Persistent Outreach Methods for Facilitating the Engagement of Reluctant Couple Partners and Family Members
Doing What Works: Combining the Best Elements of Empirically-Supported and Clinical Evidence-Based Wisdom-Driven Practices to Find Optimum Fit with Couples and Families
Live Family Therapy Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Co-Creating Workable Realities with the Use of Self as the Catalyst for Change
Skill-Building Exercise
Purposeful Systemic Interviewing: Crafting, Selecting, and Matching Therapeutic Questions with Couple Partners’ and Family Members’ Unique Cooperative Response Patterns and to Get Unstuck
Live Couple Therapy Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
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Tuesday:
Finding Fit: Guidelines for Therapeutic Experiment Design and Selection
Weaving Metaphoric Tapestries and Co-Designing Therapeutic Experiments with Couples and Families
Skill-Building Exercise
Live Family Therapy Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Adventures in Time Traveling: Bringing Back the Best from the Past and Co-Creating Compelling Future Realities
Couple and Family Connection-Building Rituals
Savoring the Miraculous Moment: Mindfulness Meditations and Multi-Sensory Tools and Strategies
Expressive Writing Therapeutic Experiments
Couple and Family Art Therapy Experiments
Live Couple Therapy Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
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Wednesday:
Solution-Determined Collaborative Teamwork: It Takes A Village with Challenging and Complex Couple and Family Cases
Uses of the We Can-If Map to Co-Construct Solutions
Skill-Building Exercise
Keys to Fostering Cooperative Partnerships with Highly Pessimistic and Pathology-Minded Involved Helping Professionals from Larger Systems
Collaborating with Key Resource People from the Couple and Family’s Social Network
Live Family-Multiple Helper Case Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Riding the Waves of Change: Couple and Family Goal-Maintenance and Relapse Prevention Tools and Strategies
Covering the Back Door: Making Room for Client Concerns and Budding or Active Crises Occurring Outside Target Goal Areas
Live Couple-Multiple Helper Case Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
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Thursday:
Important Empirically-Supported Research Findings that Inform Clinical Practice with Couples
Working with High-Conflict Couples
Working with Alcohol and Substance-Abusing Couples
Working with Post-Divorce Couple and Family Conflicts
Live High-Conflict Couple Therapy Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Creative Uses of Consultation Teams
Skill-Building Exercise
It Only Takes One to Tango: Collaborative Strengths-Based Brief Family Therapy with One Couple Partner or Family Member
Live Alcohol/Substance-Abusing Couple Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Getting Unstuck: Trouble-Shooting Guidelines for Co-Creating Workable Realities with Your Most Difficult Couples and Families
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Friday:
Divorce-Busting Therapeutic Tools and Strategies
The Difficult Divorce: Effective Strategies with Couples and Families
Live Consultation with a Couple Considering Divorce
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Skill-Building Exercise
Live Couple or Family with Post-Divorce Conflicts and Transition Difficulties Consultation
Post-Session Reflections and Future Directions for Therapeutic Work
Key Clinical Dilemmas of Training Group Participants
Stuck Case Consultations of Training Group Participants
Training Group’s Questions and Reflections on the Level 1 Training Experience
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Matthew’s book Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents, Second Edition was just published in Korean. A copy was presented to me at my workshop in Seoul, which was hosted by the Korean Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association.
