How Solution-Focused Therapy Strategies can Improve Support for System Involved Youth and Families

Nicole Kelly, PsyD & Nancy Acosta, PsyD

Training Description

Solution-focused therapy strategies are becoming more popular within mental health and social service organizations as some services are becoming shorter in duration. Solution-focused therapy strategies focus on solutions rather than problems and can be extremely helpful within efforts to support parents of youth in foster care since there are time limits to demonstrating progress needed for their child being reunified with them and return home. The training will provide an overview of solution-focused interventions as well as key concepts and strategies for implementing solution-focused interventions within efforts to support system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to explain solution-focused interventions

· Participants will be able to identify one solution-focused strategy