A very special workshop for solution focused and brief therapy professionals.
“There is no use trying, she said.“One cannot believe impossible things.”“I dare say you haven’t had much practice” said the Queen “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day.Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Possibility Therapy uses the power of acknowledgement to meet people where they are stuck and the power of possibility to invite them into change. Not just a positive approach, this approach recognizes problems, the influence of the past, and cultural, political and gender influences while creating a respectful, hopeful environment for change. It also adds a spiritual dimension to therapy.
Through clear handouts and lectures, videotapes and practice exercises, participants will have the opportunity to not only learn this approach to therapy but also to apply it to their own lives and selves.
Morning session Day 1
- Introduction to a new way of thinking and working in therapy
- Discovering solution-oriented therapy
- First Things First: Starting therapy on the right foot
- Finding a focus and identifying who wants to change what
- Assessment as intervention
- Solution-Oriented Therapy
- Find exceptions and solutions from the past
- Evoke competence
- Notice change rather than stuckness
- Imagine a future without the problem and work backwards from there
Afternoon session Day 1
- Possibility Therapy: A further evolution of brief solution-oriented therapy
- Acknowledgement and possibility
- Collaboration/non-expert stance
- Future pull
- Inclusion
Morning session Day 2
- Inclusive Therapy: Dissolving resistance (from clients and therapists)
- Discovering inclusion
- Three levels of inclusion
- The Inclusive Self
- The 3 Cs of spirituality in therapy
Afternoon session Day 2
- Brief therapy
- The three kinds of brief therapy
- Strategies of brief therapy
- Change patterns
- Personal and interpersonal
- Change the doing (action/interaction)
- Change the viewing (attention/meaning-making)
- Set achievable and observable goals
- Small changes can produce big results
Objectives:
- To learn the components of brief and solution-oriented therapy
- To learn how to dissolve resistance and create a collaborative environment in therapy
- To be able to use 5 methods of acknowledgement and possibility
- To be able to use 3 methods of inclusion
Bill O’Hanlon, MS, LMFT, has authored or co-authored 29 books, the latest being A Guide to Trance Land (W.W. Norton, 2009), Write is a Verb (Writer’s Digest Books, July 2007) Pathways to Spirituality (W.W. Norton), Change 101: A Practical Guide to Creating Change (W.W. Norton, Fall 2006), and Thriving Through Crisis (Penguin/Perigee; winner of the Books for a Better Life Award).
He has published 54 articles or book chapters. His books have been translated into 15 languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, German, Chinese, Bulgarian, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Croatian, Arabic and Japanese.
He has appeared on Oprah (with his book Do One Thing Different), The Today Show, and a variety of other television and radio programs. Since 1977, Bill has given over 2000 talks around the world. He has been a top-rated presenter at many national conferences and was awarded the Outstanding Mental Health Educator of the Year in 2001 by the New England Educational Institute.
Bill is a Licensed Mental Health Professional, Certified Professional Counselor, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Bill is clinical member of AAMFT (and winner of the 2003 New Mexico AMFT Distinguished Service Award), certified by the National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists and a Fellow and a Board Member of the American Psychotherapy Association.
He is known for his storytelling, irreverent humor, clear and accessible style and his boundless enthusiasm for whatever he is doing. His seminars are as entertaining as they are educational.
Where, When and How Much?
This workshop will take place on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of September at The Caledonian Hotel, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.
The workshop will start at 9:30 am and end at 5:30pm on both days.
Workshop fees
- For the first 10 people to sign up online the fee is just £100
- The early bird fee of £175 is available until July 19th extended to July 31st
- The full fee of £225 applies thereafter
The booking system is online and will become live at 8:00am on Wednesday April 21st.
