Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center
Olympia, Washington
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WORKSHOPS
Maintaining Excellence with Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Peninsula Community Mental Health Center
Port Angeles, WA
October 2008
One-day introductory workshop for mental health center practitioners.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: What Is It & What's the Evidence? 2008 Co-Occurring Disorders Conference
State of Washington/DSHS/HRSA/Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Yakima, WA
September 2008
90-minute introduction to SFBT and review of outcome research for chemical dependency counselors and mental health professionals.
Solution-focused Management for Police with Arnoud Huibers, M.A.
Solutions Centre
Holiday Inn Resort
Aruba
April 2008
Two-day workshop for managers of the Cuerpo Policial (Police Corps) of Aruba.
Solution-focused Brief Therapy Community Youth Services (CYS)
Olympia, WA
January 2008
Two-day introductory workshop for CYS staff and child welfare workers on treating troubled children and their families.
Solution-focused Trauma Treatment St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, MT
November 2007
A one-day workshop sponsored by the University of Montana Clinical Psychology Center.
Solution-focused Brief Intervention: How to Make a Change a Positive Experience (and Learn a Bit about SFBT) State of Washington/DSHS Children's Administration
Supervisor/Program Manager Conference: "On the Wings of Change"
Tacoma, WA
June 2006
Two-hour workshop for supervisors/managers to apply solution-focused principles to managing agency change.
The Art of Transformation: Exploring the Movement From Trauma to Transformation International Trauma Treatment Program
Olympia, WA
June 2006
One day panel and breakout session for practitioners working with complex trauma.
Picking Up the Pieces: What To Do During and After a Critical Incident North Thurston Public Schools
Critical Incident Planning Group
Lacey, WA
May 2005, May 2006
Two- and three-hour workshops for district staff on practical approaches to critical incident management for schools.
Introduction to Solution-focused Trauma Treatment Pilgrim, Soroti, Uganda
April 2006
Two-day workshop for counselors working in Internally Displaced Persons camps and with returned child abductees in the Teso tribal area of Uganda.
Crisis Intervention and Brief Therapy WA Association of County Designated Mental Health Professionals, Silverdale, WA.
‘99 Spring Conference, April 1999
One day workshop for involuntary commitment workers on integrating brief therapy methods with crisis intervention/commitment evaluations.
Creating Solutions with Troubled Adolescents Community Youth Services, Olympia WA.
March-April 1999
Two and a half day-workshop for youth service workers and family therapists on solution-focused approaches to the treatment of troubled adolescents and their families.
Einführung in die Lösungsorientierte Therapie Tannenwaldklinik, Bad Schwalbach, Germany
August 1998
Two-day introductory workshop on Solution-focused Brief Therapy (in German).
Journeys from the Problem Universe to the Solution Universe: Solution-focused Treatment of Adolescents and the Chemically Dependent Cooperative University-Provincial Psychiatric Liaison, University of British Columbia, Campbell River, B.C., Canada
February 1998
Two-day workshop on working with adolescents and drugs and alcohol issues using solution-focused methods.
Solutions for School Psychologists I & II North Thurston School District, Olympia, WA.
1998
Eight-week training program for school psychologists, intervention specialists, and school counselors working with students, teachers, and parents using solution-focused principles.
Solution-focused Therapy of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: A Collaborative Treatment Approach Victoria Life Enrichment Society, Dunsmuir Lodge, Vancouver Island, Canada
March 1997
One-day workshop on working with drug and alcohol abusers using Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Stotzheimer Therapietage, Psychosoziale Klinik St. Martin’s, Euskirchen-Stotzheim, Germany
September 1996
Week long workshop co-taught with Steve de Shazer, founder of Solution-focused Brief Therapy, to an international audience (in German).
Moving From the Problem Universe to the Solution Universe: Brief Solution-focused Therapy Idaho Falls, ID.
April 1996
One-day introduction to Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Maximizing Effectiveness in Psychotherapy: The Brief Solution-focused Approach Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center, Seattle, WA.
March 1995
Intensive two-day introduction to Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Maximizing Effectiveness in Psychotherapy: The Brief Solution-focused Approach Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center, Missoula, MT.
April 1995
Intensive two-day introduction to Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Solution-focused Therapy: A Collaborative Treatment Model International School of Alcohol Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.
July 1995
One-day workshop on drug and alcohol treatment using Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Working with the Somatically Focused: A Brief Solution-focused Approach Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center, Seattle, WA.
October 1995
Advanced two-day workshop on working with somatizing and physically pre-occupied clients/patients.
Moving From the Problem Universe to the Solution Universe: Brief Solution-focused Therapy Sage Group EAP, Boise, ID. November 1995
One-day introduction to Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Overcoming Overwhelming Fear: A Psychological Treatment of Anxiety/Panic Disorders Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA.
April 1994
Half-day workshop on treating anxiety disorders using solution-focused methods.
Picking Up the Pieces: Helping Chemically Dependent Patients After a Natural Disaster St. Peter Chemical Dependency Unit, Olympia, WA.
October 1994
Half-day workshop for CD counselors on the interaction between CD and PTSD issues.
Maximizing Effectiveness in Psychotherapy: The Brief Solution-focused Approach Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center, Tacoma, WA.
December 1994
Intensive two-day introduction to Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Working with the Head Injured. Wright Enterprises, Olympia, WA.
December 1994
Half-day workshop for paraprofessionals working with brain injured clients using solution-focused methods.