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Welcome to the Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy!
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The Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy is committed to providing outstanding training, counseling, and research in the growing field of Solution-focused Brief Therapy. Over the years we have offered training to thousands of therapists, educators, and business people all over the world, and have provided counseling and therapy for a wide array of presenting problems. We also have been involved in state of the art research, and our staff are known internationally as leaders in the field.
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Ø Workshops and Training
We offer a variety of workshops and seminars for therapists, educators, and business people in Solution-Focused practices, along with specialty training in hypnosis, Ericksonian brief therapy, and sex therapy.
Ø Short Courses, Supervision, and One-On-One Consultation
We offer short, intensive training and supervision in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Ericksonian hypnosis, and other areas.
Ø Consultation for Agencies
We provide consultation, training, and ongoing supervision to agencies interested in becoming Solution-Focused Brief Therapy oriented.
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Ø Counseling and Therapy
We offer a full range of counseling and therapy services for individuals, couples, and families.
Ø Continuing Education
We will soon be offering CEUs for most of our workshops, courses, and other training, along with short online courses.
Ø Research Activities
The Institute is committed to research in Solution-focused Therapy, and is involved in a number of ongoing projects to support SFBT as an evidence-based practice.
Ø SFBT Books & Materials
Books by Institute staff and others in Solution-focused Therapy.
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What is Solution-Focused Therapy?
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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), also called Solution-Focused Therapy, Solution-Building Practice therapy was developed by Steve de Shazer (1940-2005), and Insoo Kim Berg (1934-2007) and their colleagues beginning in the late 1970’s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As the name suggests, SFBT is future-focused, goal-directed, and focuses on solutions, rather than on the problems that brought clients to seek therapy.
SFBT has not only become one of the leading schools of brief therapy, it has become a major influence in such diverse fields as business, social policy, education, and criminal justice services, child welfare, domestic violence offenders treatment. For a more complete description of SFBT, click here.
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Solution-Focused and Brief Therapy News
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Treatment Manual for SFBT now available. A treatment manual for SFBT resrearchers, program developers, and others, can be downloaded here.
Solution-focused Group Therapy Article Published. New empirical study by Sara Smock and others, supporting SFBT as a treatment for substance abuse.
SFBTA Conference in Toronto, November 2-4, 2007. The Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association held its annual conference in Toronto. Keynote speakers were Yvonne Dolan of ISFT, and Arild Aambo.
SFBTA Given Rights to Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) video and audio archive.
The Book More Than Miracles is now available. More than Miracles, by Steve de Shazer and Yvonne Dolan, with Harry Korman, Eric McCollum, Terry Trepper, and Insoo Kim Berg, has recently been published by Routledge - Taylor & Francis. This was the final work of both Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, and represents the latest and state-of-the-art thinking about Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
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