One-Month Course on SFBT

Duration: 1 Month (10 Sessions)
Timing: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Starting – 2nd May 2026

Days – Thursday, Saturday and Last Tuesday of the month

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) – Course Curriculum

Module 1: Orientation, Foundations & Core Assumptions

• Introduction to SFBT: history and evolution
• Key pioneers and theoretical background
• Core assumptions of SFBT
• Differences from traditional problem-focused therapies
• Strength-based and future-oriented approach

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Module 2: Problem Talk vs Solution Talk & Language Discipline

• Understanding problem-saturated conversations
• Shifting from problem talk to solution talk
• Role of language in shaping client realities
• Constructive questioning and reframing techniques
• Developing solution-focused communication

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Module 3: Goal Construction in SFBT

• Importance of well-defined therapeutic goals
• Characteristics of effective SFBT goals
• Co-constructing goals with clients
• Transforming vague concerns into actionable goals
• Maintaining client ownership in goal setting

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Module 4: Preferred Future & Miracle Question

• Concept of the “preferred future”
• The Miracle Question: structure and application
• Helping clients visualize change
• Expanding possibilities and hope-building
• Translating vision into small actionable steps

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Module 5: Exception-Finding & Competence Mapping

• Identifying exceptions to problems
• Exploring times when the problem was absent or less intense
• Strengths, resources, and resilience mapping
• Reinforcing client competencies
• Using past successes to build future solutions

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Module 6: Scaling & Coping Questions

• Introduction to scaling questions
• Measuring progress and motivation
• Using scaling for assessment and intervention
• Coping questions for resilience building
• Encouraging small, achievable changes

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Module 7: Compliments, Feedback & Therapist Positioning

• Role of compliments in SFBT
• Delivering genuine and effective feedback
• Structuring therapeutic feedback sessions
• Therapist stance: collaborative, non-expert positioning
• Building therapeutic alliance and trust

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Module 8: Session Structure, Flow & Therapeutic Closure

• Structuring an SFBT session
• Flow of a typical therapy session
• Managing time effectively in brief therapy
• Reviewing progress and reinforcing change
• Techniques for effective session closure

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Module 9: SFBT with Anxiety

• Understanding anxiety through SFBT lens
• Applying solution-focused techniques in anxiety cases
• Building coping strategies
• Reducing symptom focus and increasing resource focus

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Module 10: SFBT with Depression

• Conceptualizing depression in SFBT
• Identifying exceptions and strengths in depressive states
• Enhancing motivation and hope
• Working with low-energy clients

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Module 11: SFBT with Relationships & Couples

• Applying SFBT in couple and relationship contexts
• Communication-focused interventions
• Strengthening relationship resources
• Conflict resolution using solution-focused techniques

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Module 12: Limits, Integration & Clinical Decision-Making

• Limitations of SFBT
• When not to use SFBT
• Integrating SFBT with other approaches (CBT, Psychodynamic, etc.)
• Ethical considerations
• Clinical judgment and case formulation

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Takeaways

• Certificate of Practice

• PDFs of Testing Material

• PPT Handouts and Notes

• Lifetime Class Recordings