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Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution Focused Approach

11 CE Hours
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About the Course

This book is both a set of procedures for the therapist and a philosophy—one that is shared with clients and one that guides the work of the therapist. This second edition offers clinicians a guide to doing what works in brief therapy in a delightful, easy to understand style, with rich case examples. Psychotherapy that follows these guidelines validates the client’s most important concerns, and it often turns out to be surprisingly brief. The author integrates strategic and solution focused therapy and includes guidelines for tailoring technique and interventions to client characteristics and preferences.

This course is based on the book, Doing What Works in Brief Therapy: A Strategic Solution Focused Approach created by Ellen Quick, Ph.D.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2008, 2nd Edition

Course Material Author

Ellen Quick, Ph.D.
Dr. Ellen Quick is a clinical psychologist who specializes in brief psychotherapy. She practices at Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. She has written and taught about the integration of solution-focused and strategic therapy, with an emphasis on "doing what works" on multiple levels: in the client's life, in the therapist's work, and as a philosophy shared with the client.

Ellen Quick, Ph.D. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, addiction counselors and social workers who seek knowledge about brief therapy and intervention strategies. It is appropriate for an intermediate level of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe how to help clients to discover and amplify strengths and behaviors that are already working.
  2. 2 Design three-part interventions that include validation, compliment, and suggestion components
  3. 3 Apply the principles of "doing what works and changing what does not" to the process of their clinical work

Disclosure to Learners

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$79.20

Course Details

11 CE Hours
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Course 101914

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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