Details for Solution Focused Therapy and Positive Psychology

Awards offering Solution Focused Therapy and Positive Psychology

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate in Arts
• Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing Studies
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
• Graduate Diploma of Leadership
• Master of Arts
• Master of Leadership

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Examine brief intervention theories and therapies, including Solution Focused Therapy and Positive Psychology;
2. Develop an advanced understanding of how to apply brief intervention therapeutic techniques to a range of presenting issues;
3. Assess, conceptualise and determine the use of Solution Focused and Positive Psychology for a range of presenting issues, including integration considerations;
4. Develop the skills to create a collaborative client-therapist relationship.

Subject Content

• Understanding brief intervention theory and therapies
• Development of the client-therapist relationship
• Assessment, case formulation and treatment planning
• The application and practice of brief intervention therapeutic techniques
• Specific techniques for solution focussed and positive psychology
• Structuring and formatting brief intervention therapy sessions
• Limitations of brief interventions
• Facilitating personal and professional wellbeing
• Contexts and presentations
• Understanding the connection between cognitive processes and distress

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (e-Learning)
• Intensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Minor Essay (30%)
• Workbook (20%)
• Assessment & Therapy Plan, Role Play & Personal Reflection (50%)

Prescribed Text

• Ratner, H., George, E., Iveson, C. (2012) Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques. Routledge.

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts