Solution-Focused Brief Therapy FAQs

Yes. Clinics, hospitals, health systems, community services and other organizations can enquire about group enrollment for the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy course. Psychwire offers organizational pricing and support based on enrollment size and requirements. Contact the team through Organization Enquiries to discuss your staff numbers, payment arrangements and any administrative support you need.

Psychwire’s Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) course is designed for mental health and health professionals, including social workers, counsellors, psychologists, psychotherapists, mental health nurses, psychiatrists, family therapists, addiction professionals, school counsellors, and allied health therapists . It also welcomes coaches and other helping professionals. Suitability depends on your responsibilities and professional scope, rather than a single job title.

No. The course is set at beginner level, so newly qualified clinicians and students can start here. Experienced practitioners can also use it to sharpen their questioning and to integrate SFBT into an existing approach such as CBT, motivational interviewing or case management. The filmed roleplays and clinical commentary show how experienced SFBT practitioners handle unclear goals and clients who feel stuck.

8 CE/CME Credits are available for this course.

Psychwire partners with Amedco LLC to provide continuing education (CE/CME) accreditation for our courses. Eligible US professionals can earn up to 8 continuing education hours. Credit routes include APA-sponsored continuing education for psychologists, ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers, ANCC contact hours for Nurses and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for Physicians. Acceptance of continuing education credits for counselors, marriage and family therapists, and addiction professionals varies by licensing board. View the Learner Notification for to see more information about the boards and jurisdictions, learning objectives and speaker disclosures. 

For participants outside of the United States, in most cases, this course can be used for CPD. On completion you receive an official certificate of completion for 8 hours, which professionals in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and elsewhere can log as self-directed CPD with their registration or membership body.

Yes. Psychwire's SFBT course is approved for 8 ASWB ACE continuing education credits for social workers, and two of its three instructors, Dr Johnny Kim and Dr Cynthia Franklin, are licensed clinical social workers and leading SFBT researchers. Social workers use SFBT in child protection, case management, schools, hospitals and community services, and the course includes a full section on working with mandated and involuntary clients. Check that your state board accepts ASWB ACE credit for online courses.

In most cases, yes. The course is intended for health professionals, allied health professionals, school counsellors, pastoral counsellors, coaches as well as therapists. If your work involves supportive conversations, care planning or helping people identify personal goals, consider how the training fits those responsibilities.

Yes. SFBT was designed to be brief, and it's widely used where time with each person is limited, including schools, healthcare, community mental health, behavioural health and brief intervention services. Because each conversation is complete in itself, SFBT techniques can be useful even in a single session. The Solution-Focused Brief Therapy course includes practical guidance for using SFBT in short, structured sessions.

Johnny Kim explains more how Solution-Focused Brief Therapy can be used in schools in this Q&A - Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Schools.

Yes. SFBT is well known for engaging people who didn't choose to attend, such as clients referred by courts, child protection services or schools. It focuses on what the client wants and builds on their own strengths rather than confronting resistance. Section 4 of the course covers practical strategies for working collaboratively with mandated clients and with people who feel stuck, disengaged or demoralised.

Cynthia Franklin discusses this more in the Q&A Understanding Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. 

No. This course gives you a certificate of completion and up to 8 CE/CPD hours, not a professional credential or licence to practise as a certified SFBT therapist. It is a strong foundation for using solution-focused techniques and should be represented as professional development rather than a separate therapist certification.