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GP017
- Introduction to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
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| 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
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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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