The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Diamond
In 2019, I had the great privilege of completing the International Certificate in Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Elliott Connie and Adam Froerer of the Solution Focused Universe, Texas.
Now I am delighted to be reading Elliott and Adam‘a latest book The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Diamond.
The Diamond framework of SFBT skills and tools is one of the biggest innovations in the field of Solution Focused Brief Therapy.
The framework is designed to guide a clinician through each session of therapy.
This easy to read, very personal book details the strong professional and personal relationship between Adam and Elliott which underpins the philosophy behind the book. Love and hope are the bedrocks on which clients build their futures. The therapist is therefore invited to love their clients (within professional bounds of course), and to believe in their capacity for change and their ability to find new solutions to their own problems.
To anyone who has followed Elliott’s career over the past few years, he has had to face a great deal of racism and prejudice. He’s an African American. Adam, so believed in Elliott’s approach, expertise and client outcomes he firmly allied himself with him, without question; even though it meant he too would pay a price for doing so. Their stories of adversities and triumph, and how they challenged the establishment, and forged their own paths is inspiring in itself.
Adam and Elliott write, “This work is transformative not only for clients but also for you [the therapist]. When you view your clients as capable and strong, it changes you - and how you do your job. Your perceptions directly impact your actions.”
Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a distinct discipline combining the ancient wisdom of hypnosis with core elements of SFBT to maximise benefit to the client.
I was delighted to further develop my Solution Focused conversation skills with Elliott and Adam in the US, and Evan George and Chris Iveson of BRIEF in the U.K. I continued to follow developments in the field to refine and improve my Solution Focused Hypnotherapy practice.
I have also completed Elliott’s STOP course which focuses on Solution Focused Brief Therapy for trauma, and focuses on strengths and hope to help clients take steps towards healing and growth.
Jane Pendry
Sense-Ability Hypnotherapy & Coaching
jane@sense-ability.co.uk
+44 (0)7843 813 883