Taste – Solution-Focused Skills and Practice for Agencies

This course is designed to provide a “Taste” of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Participants will recognize how solution-focused conversations are a significant paradigm shift, describe the major tenets underlying SFBT, and label the major SFBT interventions. It offers behavioral health organizations an opportunity to be introduced to the approach and consider further training if interested. This course provides a 2-hour live interactive session with opportunities for participants to pose questions, clarify ideas, and broaden perspectives. It is available for unlimited participants.

Last Updated: February 2025

Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, mental health counselors, educators, and medical professionals;  appropriate for all levels of knowledge. This course provides participants with an overview of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, an evidence-based trauma-informed treatment approach that can be implemented within diverse contexts and clinical populations. 

1. Analyze how Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) represents a paradigm shift in service delivery within agency settings by engaging in structured chat discussions and guided case reflections.
2. Compare and explain the core principles of SFBT in relation to other therapeutic and problem-solving models by responding to structured prompts in chat and participating in instructor-led discussions.
3. Identify and apply appropriate SFBT interventions in agency settings by engaging in interactive exercises, responding to case-based scenarios in chat, and demonstrating understanding through written reflections.

Course Agenda

This course includes a two-hour live overview of the solution-focused approach with a master solution-focused clinician. The two hours are scheduled to meet your organization’s needs. The session is recorded and will be included in the online materials that each participant will receive.

Participants will be assessed in the following manner:

• Class Participation: Students are invited to clarify things they do not understand, pose questions, offer ideas, and broaden perspectives.

2 CE Credit/Clock Hours are available for this live course.

Please see our Continuing Education Information page for information about CE credits and clock hours and our accreditations and approvals for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and marriage & family therapists.

The Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy, provider number 1831, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/22/2023 – 9/22/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 2 Clinical continuing education credits.

Participants should check with their professional licensing boards to ensure that a specific course will be accepted toward their continuing education requirements.

To receive continuing education hours, the student must attend the entire online presentation, engage in all activities, and complete the course evaluation.

Upon successfully completing the course, participants will be given instructions on downloading and printing their Certificates of Completion.

No conflicts of interest or commercial support are present for the CE program, instructor, or presentation.

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