About Us

Arlene Brett Gordon, Ph.D., LFMT, CFLE.

Arlene Brett Gordon is the creator of Families Facing Solutions. As an early-childhood teacher in NYC in 1971, she worked with families facing diverse challenges. She explored ways to engage parents to support their children’s educational and social needs. Then, as a family therapy doctoral student, Arlene began weaving the specialization of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with child and family development information to create the first Families Facing Solutions training module in 1993.

Arlene continues to develop curriculums, trainings, and programs based on the diverse needs of client families. She provides solution-focused family education trainings nationally, focusing particularly on South Florida’s tri-county area.

Arlene began to work with Insoo Kim Berg (co-developer of SFBT) as a doctoral student in 1992, then continued to work with her as a project collaborator from 2000 to 2007. Arlene is currently Director of the Brief Therapy Institute, Department of Family Therapy, at Nova Southeastern University and a partner with the Solution-Focused Center of Florida, Delray Beach.

Links about Arlene Brett Gordon’s work:
http://www.famft.org/fallnewsletter2003.pdf  (p.3).


Agencies Arlene has worked with:

• Children’s Services Council, Palm Beach County, since 1999
• Children’s Services Council, Broward County, since 2000
• Children’s Home Society, Intracoastal Division, since 1993
• University of Miami, Early Discovery Project, since 2006           
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2005, 2008
• Palm Beach County School Board, Early Childhood Division, since 2001
• Family Central, since 1995

About SFBT:
Solution Focused Brief Therapy developed by Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer focuses on the solutions to life's daily challenges.