Introduction to Solution Focused Therapy (Udemy.com)
Learn Solution Focused Therapy To Empower Clients & Improve Outcomes | Ideal For Social Workers, Coaches & Therapists
Created by: Dan Jones
Last updated June 2024
What you will learn
- You will be able to identify how to move a situation on towards a successful conclusion
- How to identify what is working well in relation to a problem
- How to identify what needs to happen for a client to move on or overcome problems
- How to identify what clients want, rather than focusing on what clients don't want
- How to measure outcomes so that you can track progress, evidence-base your work and achieve quicker results
How it compares
Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
- Reviews682#325 of 1,108 by number of reviews
- Length1.9 hoursshorter than 60% of them
- Last updatedJune 2024earlier than 57% of them
Course Description
This course on an 'Introduction To Solution Focused Therapy' is taught over a number of video lectures. There is also a solution focused therapy demonstration and annotated transcript of the solution focused therapy session.
The course explores and includes:
The solution focused approach
Why the approach is useful
Many of the main solution focused techniques
Examples of solution focused sentences
Recommended reading list
Structuring Solution Focused Sessions
An article outlining the effectiveness of using a solution focused approach
PDF of a PowerPoint of the course content
The course can be completed in about three hours, but if you read through everything, listen to the demonstration and do additional study and recapping it can take longer.
The solution focused therapy course is structured to take you on a journey from how the solution focused approach developed, then giving you an overview and starting from the bigger picture, before narrowing in on why it is useful to use a solution focused approach and the key benefits of using a solution focused approach, and then into solution focused techniques like looking for exceptions to the problem, establishing what people really want and where the client is in relation to what they want to achieve/how close are they to the goal already and what are they already doing towards that goal.
You will learn how to evidence your work, by gathering information on how successful you are, which is invaluable in the current climate of expectation that everyone works in an evidence-based way. And you will learn how to use language and questions to identify client resources, strengths and goals, and help to move clients forwards.
The course is ideal for those that are new to the solution focused approach, as well as those experienced in therapy, NLP or life coaching and related fields that are looking for something to compliment and enhance their skills.
Dan Jones, the course tutor, has had over twenty years of experience with solution focused working and has used the approach in a variety of settings from business leadership, to residential care homes, parent and family work, working with teenagers and children and a wide range of clients with problems ranging from depression, anxiety, PTSD, and confidence issues, to insomnia, addictions and anger problems. He has written a number of books on the topic and had his research on using a solution focused approach to reduce youth crime published in the peer reviewed journal 'Human Givens'.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
682 Reviews
Dan Jones
Dan Jones has sold over 100,000 books, 500,000+ of his Self-Hypnosis Mp3's downloaded, over 4.5 million view of his videos and over twenty-five years experience with hypnosis, therapy and the healing arts. He has a wide range of popular Udemy courses and over 25,000 unique students from 161 countries.
Dan Jones is an autistic best selling self-published author and hypnotherapy and psychotherapy trainer. He is one of the UK's leading experts on Ericksonian Hypnotherapy. Described in the British media as 'Remarkable', with 'Expert Insight', and 'Personal Development Guru...the UK's Leading Personal Development Coach'.
Dan has over 25 years experience, he has carried out research into the effectiveness of using the Human Given's Counselling Approach to reducing youth crime and anti-social behaviour with a Youth Offending Service (this research has been published in the peer reviewed journal 'Human Givens'), and is a Trance-Formation Coach and founder of the Sussex Hypnotherapy Centre.
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Reviews
By Laurel Chrystie White on 8/10/2023
I love the new technique DJ is using; visual and audio together. Also, the subject is well and thoroughly presented. Also, the audio review of the whole course at the end is a great way to go over all the information again. Helped me a lot. great idea. Thanks!
By Ana Cristina Elzinga on 4/2/2023
I liked that the material was easy to follow. Having the concepts being written as they are being explained was a good visual to remember. The sessions were good examples of the information presented, so it was easy to follow what had been covered in the previous sessions. It was a good fit for me. Thanks!
By Joel Minton on 12/13/2022
Another great resource from Dan Jones, it's just what you need for a solid condensed overview of SFT without the filler you might encounter in some other courses on the subject. Easy to follow, interesting content and the visuals of drawing and notes along with the lectures really helped me to understand and retain the information.
By Anonymized User on 8/3/2022
The instructor for this course was very dry. He was not very engaging. I tood this because I thought I could learn more about how to be more solution based with customers. Although I did learn a couple things it was more of how to be a better mental health counselor.
By James Dokona on 11/11/2020
Clear and concise explanations of techniques. But the gold nugget for me is 'being' linguistically solution focussed instead of 'doing' technically solution-focussed. Thank you, Dan, for teaching this language in a way that resonates my way of being.
By Christina Balderaz on 8/22/2020
So far this is very helpful. These techniques can be applied in all ranges of trials and tribulations .This will help in future for my personal experience in raising my child during her teenage years when needing to make choices for her future endeavors. Major problem solving and levels of techniques.
By Adelia Goncalves on 3/6/2020
IT CERTAINLY WAS REALLY WHAT I NEEDED TO GAIN ANOTHER LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING IN TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN IM COUNSELLING SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE. VERY EXPERIENCED LECTURES AND THE DIAGRAMS AND THE VIDEOS WERE EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THIS COURSE AND HELPING ME ACHIEVE ANOTHER CERTIFICATE IN THE THEORETICAL COUNSELLING THERAPEUTICAL APPROACH
By Anne Njoroge on 8/22/2018
I loved this course. Once I started it, I felt I just wanted to continue until I got the full picture. I was bit familiar with solution focused therapy, but I did not have picture clear on how to apply it. From the audio, transcript and bonus video demonstrations , I see how I can apply it in therapy. The article was insightful as I understood that it is more than just an alternative to other therapy and come to appreciate how else it can be useful. Thank you Daniel for this wonderful course. Please continue to share your experience in this and other courses.
By Jonas Nielsen on 8/21/2016
Really good brief introduction to a brief "solution" orientated theraphy. would really like to see more transcripted and "demostration" with comments as, in the last bonus. So the parts are showed not only told. ;.-) but nice brief and easy to understand
By LENG BING SHU on 5/17/2014
This course explain SFT in easy terms. Once you learn the language and skills in here, it is compatible with almost any type of therapy. It moves the problem frame towards a solution frame. I find it very useful and I am thankful that Daniel Jones take the effort to create this course.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












