Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a postmodern, strengths-based therapeutic approach that is brief, goal-directed, future-oriented, and focused on identifying solutions rather than dwelling on problems. This practical approach emphasizes clients as experts in their own lives and utilizes collaborative dialogue to explore strengths, resources, exceptions, and possibilities for change. Grounded in evidence-informed practice, SFBT supports clinicians in helping clients identify meaningful goals, build hope, and recognize existing capacities for change. Participants will explore key SFBT concepts and conversational techniques, including exploring pre-session change, developing client-centered goals, exception questions, scaling questions, coping questions, and present- and future-focused interventions. In this CEU course, participants will gain an understanding of the theoretical foundations of SFBT, explore its application in clinical practice, and identify ways this approach can support effective, strengths-based interventions with diverse client populations across clinical settings.

Presenters:

• Alicia M Gomez, PhD, LMFT

Dr. Alicia M. Gómez, LMFT, is a bilingual and bicultural licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles, California. She is the Founder of, It’s a Vibe Therapy & Wellness, a virtual private practice servicing English and Spanish speaking clients in California and Florida. Dr. Gómez specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, dysfunctional family dynamics, mother/father wounds, sexual violence, and PTSD. Prior to working in private practice, Dr. Gómez worked at community mental health centers servicing teens struggling with substance abuse, people on the brink of suicide, and supporting children/teens/adults who were victims to sexual assault. She was also a former professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Masters Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) and at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Gómez has presented on a local and national level on the benefits of narrative therapy with survivors of sexual violence. Currently, Dr. Gómez provides therapeutic support to individuals in her private practice and runs virtual community healing groups to bring awareness to people’s thought patterns, feeling patterns, family dynamics, and relationship patterns. She is a survivor, a thriver, an advocate, and a light-worker spreading love, light, and healing energy.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this continuing education training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the theoretical foundations and core principles of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT).
2. • Identify key SFBT conversational skills and techniques, including exception questions, scaling questions, coping questions, and goal-development strategies.
3. • Summarize the application of SFBT interventions to support client strengths, goal development, hope-building, and therapeutic change across clinical settings.

Education Credits:

• Attendees can obtain 2 social work CECH upon completing the training, payment, quiz, and evaluation.
• A downloadable CECH certificate will be available upon completion of all requirements.
• Participants must attend the entire event to receive credit.

Cost: $35

Attendees can obtain 2 social work CECH’s upon completion of the training, payment receipt and passing of the post-training quiz. A CECH certificate will be available for download upon completion of the aforementioned items.

RSVP Information:

All attendees must RSVP for this training. A zoom link will be provided via email upon completing the RSVP process