International Institute of Counselling and Applied Psychology sealInternational Institute of Counselling and Applied Psychology
Counselling & Psychotherapy Practice

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

A comprehensive, 20+ hour SFBT training — miracle and scaling questions, exception-finding, and solution-building conversations.

20 Hours2 weeksAdvanced

Course overview

This 20+ hour course provides comprehensive training in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), a strengths-based and future-oriented therapeutic approach. Participants learn how to focus on solutions, resources, strengths and possibilities rather than problems, covering miracle questions, scaling questions, exception-finding techniques, coping questions, goal setting, compliments and solution-building conversations. Through demonstrations, role plays, case studies, worksheets and practical activities, participants develop skills to facilitate meaningful change and help clients identify their own strengths and pathways towards improvement.

Delivered as 20+ hours of live, interactive online training, the course combines lectures with hands-on live practice in real time, in small groups in breakout rooms, plus role plays, worksheets, therapeutic tools and case-study discussions. On successful completion you receive a certificate, having developed the confidence to apply these approaches in counselling, educational, organisational and community settings.

What you'll learn

  • Apply a strengths-based, solution-focused approach
  • Use miracle, scaling, exception and coping questions
  • Facilitate goal setting and solution-building conversations
  • Help clients identify their own strengths and pathways

Curriculum

Module 1 — Solution-focused foundations

  • A strengths-based, future-oriented approach
  • Focusing on solutions and resources
  • Identifying strengths and possibilities

Module 2 — Core SFBT techniques

  • Miracle and scaling questions
  • Exception-finding and coping questions
  • Compliments

Module 3 — Solution-building in practice

  • Goal setting
  • Solution-building conversations
  • Facilitating meaningful change

Accreditation

Advanced training comprising 20+ live hours with a certificate of completion; approximately 20 hours suitable for professional-development portfolios.

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