CREDIT POINTS: |
7.5 |
PREREQUISITES: |
Perspectives in Drugs Use;
AOD Treatment, Assessment and Planning; Introduction to counselling;
Six months experience in face to face and/or telephone counselling in the past 3 years. |
COST: |
$500 |
DATES: |
3 full day workshops 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
7, 8, 22 November 2008 |
SUBJECT COORDINATOR: |
Shirley Gill |
CENSUS DATE: |
22 November 2008 |
SUBJECT/UNIT SUMMARY:
This unit will involve didactic and experiential approaches to learning Solution Focused Brief Therapy. Content will include an overview of SFBT theory, its origins and historical context, and its application to AOD treatment populations. Students will be trained in SFBT interventions and a clinical map provided to assist students through this process. Solution-focused interventions include Exceptions, the Miracle Question, and Scaling techniques.
Additionally, links and comparisons with Motivational Interviewing and other major therapeutic frameworks will be made. Emphasis is on SFBT application to case scenarios and on opportunities for video-taped skill development and practice.
SUBJECT/UNIT OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this subject, students should be able to:
- Examine theoretical understandings of Solution-focused Brief Therapy theory; in particular, its origins and principles underpinning application
- Describe and apply the primary interventions that signify the SFBT approach
- Describe and apply how questions in the SFBT approach are used to construct pathways for change
- Utilise SFBT interventions as they apply to AOD problems
- Examine the strengths and limitations of SFBT when applied to AOD clients
- Examine the similarities and differences of solution-focused brief therapy with other major therapeutic frameworks - e.g., CBT, Narrative and Person-centred therapies
ASSESSMENT:
Hurdle requirement
- 100% attendance and satisfactory participation in class discussion and skills rehearsal
Assessment items
- 30-minute video demonstrating SFBT
- Transcription of the first 10 minutes of the video recording. Students are to identify the SFBT interventions they were able to utilise and provide reasons for their implementation. (1500 words) (60%).
- Compare and contrast SFBT with one of the following: Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person Centred Counselling or Narrative Therapy. (1000 words) (40%).
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