Description
Workshop 3. SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY WITH CLIENTS IN CRISIS
7 General HPCSA CPD Points
Dates: 31 May 2025
Time: 08:00 – 16:30
Price: R2 000-00 (includes tea/coffee and snacks as well as lunch)
Workshop Venue: Parktown North, Johannesburg
Presenter: Dr Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs
Workshop Outline:
Life is tough at the moment and even though all our clients are adapting and coping with the changes, what is happening in the world is requiring even more resilience and adapting. The last four years have taken a toll on our client’s energy levels and their ability to bounce back and it has been a perfect storm for clients to feel overwhelmed and in distress.
This workshop will focus on using Solution Focused Brief Therapy questions to help clients cope no matter what the presenting problem. SFBT is a non-pathological mental health approach, therefore no matter what the crisis or presenting problem, our aim is to help the client manage and cope better, re-brief their resilience and build solutions to empower the client to deal with their life. Whether our clients present with anxiety, depression or have to manage trauma or grief, our job as Solution Focused Therapists is to guide the client to their desired outcomes, gain hope, find their inner strengths, build their resilience and gain insight to make the next progress small step forward.
The workshop will conclude with the concept of vicarious resilience and therapist self-care. Working with clients in crisis is draining and as clinicians we need to take care of ourselves and be mindful of our own mental health.
Aims of the workshop:
- Unpack the difference between mental health and mental illness
- Understand the Solution Focused model of questions
- Understand the importance of asking strength-based questions
- Build resilience by looking at past resilience and new coping strategies
- Be able to find and use strengths and resources despite living through a crisis
- Help the client build a picture of hope
- Unpack the concept of vicarious resilience
- Look at self-care-on-the-go strategies
Outcomes of the workshop:
- Apply the Solution Focused Brief Therapy questions
- Work with exceptions
- Use hope catching language
- Re-brief resilience
- Empower the client to see their own growth
- Shift sessions to resilience talk and experience vicarious resilience
- Implement self-care-on-the-go strategies on a daily basis
