Social Workers

Solution Focused Therapy

10.00 - CE credit hours training

$62.50 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Solution Focused Therapy

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 12 question post test

Read the Course Material:
Solution Focused Therapy

12 Questions

1. From "Manual-Overview": In the solution focused perspective, the conversational skills required of the therapist to invite the client to build solutions are different from those needed to diagnose and treat client problems.
2. From "Manual- Process": What allows SFT practitioners to utilize the same process regardless of the concern that the individual client brings?
3. From "Manual- SFT contrasted with other treatments": The authors note that SFT is most similar to approaches like:
4. From "Manual- Specific Active Ingredients": Which of the following is NOT cited as a specific active ingredient of SFT?
5. From "Manual- Main Interventions": In SFT, complimenting the client is discouraged.
6. From "Manual- Main Interventions": While working with a client you suggest that she experiment with enacting positive exceptions more often. This is an example of:
7. From "Manual- Specific Interventions": A client's answer to the miracle question can usually be taken as the goals of therapy.
8. From "Manual- Specific Interventions": The authors describe a number of components of the scaling question technique. Which of the following is cited as a major component?
9. From "Manual- Compatibility with Adjunctive Therapies": Is SFT philosophically opposed to traditional substance abuse treatment?
10. From Solution-Focused Anxiety Management": The author cites the Four Cs,as client strengths in the context of anxiety. "I can - and I don't have to..." is an example of :
11. From Solution-Focused Anxiety Management": The author describes the "Dyad Exercise". Based on what you have learned about SFT, what is key purpose of this exercise?
12. From Solution-Focused Anxiety Management": The author addresses "defensive pessimism". She:
This course provides an overview of numerous aspects of solution focused therapy including process, ingredients, session structure and specific instructions. It also covers the application of solution focused therapy to anxiety management.
  • describe the process and ingredients of SFT.
  • outline session structure of SFT.
  • identify specific instructions from SFT.
  • outline possible applications of SFT to anxiety management.
Ellen Quick, Ph.D.
Kaiser Permanente