Families Facing Solutions: Solution Focused Family Education is a weave of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, as developed by Insoo Kim Berg and Steve De Shazer, and parent/family education. FFS trainings and materials establish a context that invites each trainee to explore new ways to engage their client population. Utilizing this strength-based approach, training participants support the families they work with as collaborators in their own positive change.

Arlene Brett Gordon developed FFS as a training program for family support workers and mental health professionals in 1993. In 1995, she developed the FFS Mental Health Module after collaborating with five parents challenged by mental illness in New York. This Module was a parenting reference for the Invisible Children’s Project in New York State.

FFS trainings are tailored to address the needs of the training population.
Participants will learn:

• Basic tenets of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Solution-Focused Interviewing Skills
• Client Engagement
• Goal Definition and Action Plan
• On-going Self Evaluation

Arlene has practiced Solution Focused Brief Therapy since 1991 and had been mentored by Insoo Kim Berg beginning in 1992. Arlene has trained thousands of helping professionals to utilize the tools and strategies of this strength-based model. SFBT helps our clients discover their resources and capabilities to explore their solution-building skills.