ABC training system
Our approach to training
Description of the SFBT Center training system
We know from experience that people who come to us want to learn how to work with the SFBT approach and gain the knowledge needed to use its techniques efficiently. This is a reasonable, as the professional application of therapeutic assistance requires a conscious and responsible approach from any given therapist. For this very reason, our traineeship includes elements of lecture-based education interwoven with workshops.
Each workshop part (teaching how to use a particular skill included in the canon of approach) is supported by an explanation of the rules of its use, justification of the order in which it appears in the sessions, examples of variants of its construction, etc. We want the participants of our training to present the highest possible level of knowledge of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) method.
The ABC of Solution Focused Brief Therapy training is meant to guide participants to gain knowledge and skills in this method of aid.
For this reason the system of training developed by us, and subsequently adopted by other centers, is based on adding new skills, broadening their scope of application, and getting an in-depth understanding of those skills on top of competences gained during specific stages of our training.
In order to remember these training stages more easily we refer to them as A, B, and C. Each of them can be treated as separate and sufficient or they can be regarded as a possibility to connect theoretical concepts and practical skills – depending on the objective adopted
by the trainee.
Level A allows you to gain practical skills and gives you the necessary knowledge regarding:
- the positioning of the SFBT method among other methods of therapy and assistance
- the philosophical assumptions underlying SFBT
- methodological assumptions regarding the application of the SFBT approach
- the development of SFBT during its maturation, globally and in Poland
- next steps in working with a client
- the essential elements of working with the approach used during different stages – therapeutic techniques
- dealing with common difficult situations when working with clients
Level A training culminates in the title of SFBT Practitioner confirmed by a certificate.
Level B allows you to gain practical skills and gives you the necessary knowledge regarding:
- deepening your understanding of where SFBT is positioned among other therapy methods and assisting with specific types of problems presented in therapy such as:
- suicide risk
- parenting problems
- mental disorders
- depressive disorders
- anxiety disorders
- compulsive disorders
- eating disorders
- addictions
- adolescent problems
- typical challenges, benefits of using SFBT in helping clients with these problems
- applying and adapting stages while in session with clients
- additional therapeutic techniques useful with a particular type of problem
- dealing with common difficult situations when working with clients
The completion of Level B provides graduates with the opportunity to become an SFBT Therapist and receive a certificate of competency.
Level C allows you to gain practical skills and gives you the necessary knowledge regarding:
- elements of three psychotherapeutic approaches that we consider complementary and the knowledge of which helps in SFBT practices – i.e. systemic, cognitive-behavioral and Gestalt therapy
- deepening the knowledge of the application of SFBT in relation to clinical issues encountered in the work of psychotherapists
- ethical and of methodology issues that are related to conducting psychotherapy
- the meaning, context, and limitations in psychotherapy and how to overcome it and constructively use it in the psychotherapy
- issues in language and communication in psychotherapy
- issues of using social influence in psychotherapy and ethical issues related to it
- knowledge of the developmental context in the change process
- practical experience in working with clinical issues
- applying and adapting stages while in session with clients
- additional therapeutic techniques useful in helping clients with a particular type of problem dealing with common difficult situations in clinical work with clients
Level B and C are supported by clinical supervision and mentoring.
Level C corresponds to the requirements for obtaining a certificate in psychotherapy recognized in Poland according to the rules of the National Health Fund and the Polish Council for Psychotherapy.