Brief Therapy II

Crisis Counseling & Brief Therapy                                                          14 hours

Objective: This course studies how crisis counseling can be implemented in various settings, addressing various problems/issues.

Text: Crisis Intervention & Time-Limited Cognitive Treatment by Albert R. Roberts (ed) ISBN: 0803956304

Brief Group Therapy w/ Substance Abusers                                             12 hours

Objective: Examines how to provide quality, outcome-based and problem-solving group therapy with alcohol and drug-abusing clients.

Text: Brief Strategic Group Therapy by Terence T. Gorski ISBN: 0830907165

Brief Therapy w/ Adolescents                                                             14 hours

Objective: Examines how brief therapy can be effectively utilized in treating the adolescent clients.

Text: Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy Solutions with Difficult Adolescents by Matthew Selekman ISBN: 1572309598

Brief Therapy w/ Children                                                                  14 hours

Objective: To provide the counselor with a firmer background in how brief therapy can be used in the treatment of children and their family.

Text: Solution-Focused Therapy with Children: Harnessing Family Strengths for Systematic Change by Matthew Selekman ISBN: 1572307900

Solution-Focused Therapy w/ Alcoholism                                        14 hours

Objective: Examines how the Solution-Focused model can be effectively used in providing treatment with the alcoholic/drug abusing client.

Text: Working w/ the Problem Drinker: A Solution-Focused Approach by Insoo Kim Berg & Scott D. Miller

ISBN: 0393701344