Course Contents

Core Module:

• Counselling Theories in Practice: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Introduction) (4-day Course)
• Elective Module (For Graduate Diploma, select any FOUR Elective Modules)
• [Pre-requisite: SFBT (Intro)]:
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Family Violence)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Groupwork)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Working with Children)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Working with Couples)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Crisis, Trauma and Loss)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (Working with Youth)

Each module is a 2-day Course.

Teaching Format

The teaching format may be in the form of:

– Lectures

– Group discussions

– Role plays

– Interviews

– Disactic instructions and demonstrations

– Tape-viewing

– Small group experiential exercises

– Large group reflection and discussion

– Seminar presentation / discussion

– Case presentations and discussions 

 Who Should Attend

Practitioners in the social service field who are working with individuals, families, groups and/or communities. The workshop will be relevant to those working with children and/or adults. It will be appropriate for social workers, welfare workers, counsellors, therapists, psychologists, and anyone else who is interested in working with the stories of the lives in people.

 Course Details

Participants can opt to attend individual module as stand-alone workshop without the certification assessments. Please note that all stand-alone modules require participants to have attended the Counselling Theories in Practice: SFBT Introduction.

 Entry Requirement

Applicants for Graduate Diploma must be working or volunteering in an environment where they are able to apply SFBT ideas and techniques on their clients. Applicants for stand-alone modules need not meet this entry requirement.

Overall, participants are expected to experience, participate actively and be self-reflexive in this course.

 Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for practitioners in the social service field who are working with individuals, families, groups and/or communities. It will be relevant to those working with children, youth and/or adults. It is appropriate for social workers, welfare workers, counsellors, therapists, psychologists, teachers and anyone else who are interested in helping people.