Description

This course was developed from five decades of clinical practice and research on solution-focused and solution-oriented therapies, supplemented with addendums from neurolinguistic studies, strategic interventions, and client-need driven clinical processes. Effective with clients mandated or coerced into treatment; low resource and vulnerable high-risk clients and families; SUD and co-occurring disorders; client-families with histories of referrals to child protective services or juvenile justice; couples’ work and structural family therapy; and clients from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Clinical processes include methods to accomplish a collaborative therapeutic alliance, foster cooperation, build hope, set meaningful goals, define authentic change, and enhance outcomes. It is not a rigid practice model but rather a culturally sensitive, adaptive, and collaborative approach that combines the experience and strengths of the client with the skills of the clinician. Based on the book, Brief Therapy for Clients with Challenging or Unique Issues: A Clinician’s Guide to Enhancing Outcomes, in publication with Routledge/A Taylor and Francis Group, for release Summer 2023.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this presentation, participants will:

• Describe core principles of solution-focused and solution-oriented therapies informed by clinical practice and research.

• Apply solution-focused approaches when working with clients who are mandated or coerced into treatment and with high-risk or low-resource populations.

• Demonstrate strategies to build a collaborative therapeutic alliance and foster client cooperation.

• Utilize clinical processes that build hope, support meaningful goal-setting, and define authentic change.

• Apply a culturally sensitive, adaptive, and collaborative approach when working with diverse clients, families, and couples.

• Integrate client strengths and clinician skills to enhance treatment outcomes across a range of clinical settings.

Presented by:

Saul Singer, LMFT, LCADC

Continuing Education Units:

6 CEUs

Certification Board Information

This training is approved for continuing education units by the boards listed here. Additional specifications can be found below.

NAADAC (The Association for Addiction Professionals)

This course has been approved by CASAT, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for the below # of CEUs. NAADAC Provider #98165. CASAT is responsible for all aspects of its programming.

CEUs: 6

Skills Groups

This course applies to the following Client Skill Groups as defined by NAADAC:

• Clinical Assessment

• Treatment Plan

• Counseling Services

• Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors)

CASAT has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6492. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CASAT is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. (Continuing education hours and CEU's are synonymous for purposes of issuing CEU's from CASAT Learning)

Qualifies for NBCC Credit: No

NCB (Nevada Certification Board)

This course is NOT approved by the Nevada Certification Board.

Presentation materials are not for reproduction or distribution without specific written authorization. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in our courses are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of CASAT.

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