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Founder and Director of Solution Ways, Solution Focused Therapist and Trainer, Coach and workshop facilitator, Yoga Teacher, MM teacher, Speaker,16G International Accredited Facilitator.
Introducing Solution Focused Therapy, Interview with Claudia van Zuiden in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Training trainers in SFBT does make a change!
Blog by Sujen Man, sharing the SFBT teachings further:
Facilitated one day workshop on Positive Mental Health on 20 October 2011 for the counselors at SOS Children’s Villages Nepal, National Training Centre, Kavre. There were 18 participants working as counselors in various parts of the country in SOS villages.
In the workshop, the participants were introduced to the key concepts of psychosocial well-being, positive mental health and positive psychology in the first half of the day. In the latter half of the day, the key concepts of Solution-Focused Therapy were introduced theoretically and Standard Format of First Session was demonstrated through the role play. The training was well-received by the participants and they expressed their gladness to learn the new technique of Solution-Focused Intervention which was introduced in Nepal with the help of Claudia Van Zuiden this year earlier in April.
Contents were mostly theoretical including the research findings related to positive psychology. Some participants raised the doubts regarding some of the results which I think is good skepticism. Psychological research related to positive psychology is yet to begin in Nepal. Some videos from ted.com were also shown which were related to positive psychology and design & happiness.
The praiseworthy matter about SOS Children Villages is that they are already working with positive approach that includes family model which promotes positive mental health. In a home, 10 children stay together with a mother. All the children become brothers and sisters taking care of one another. Nabin sir took me around the village and I saw a very good nurturing environment for the children with very good physical facilities for shelter and play. They also have a school inside in which the children from outside community can also get admitted and study. This helps me in socialization of the children and their reintegration into the society when they grow up to become independent.
I would like to thank Mr. Nabin Bajracharya, Assistant Director and psychologist in SOS Nepal, Mr. Udaya Aryal, director, SOS National Training Centre, Ranjan dai and all the participants.
References:
http://sujenman.wordpress.com/category/events/
2012 UKASFP Conference Workshop Details
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Morning workshops:
1.Elliot Connie
Recreating the Honeymoon Tomorrow: The Solution Focused Approach with Couples
2.Catherine McGlone
Changes and challenges: Adopting a solution focused approach to consulting with children and young people assessed with social and emotional needs
3.Claudia Van Zuiden
Exploring SFBT in Nepal: can small steps make big changes in Developing Countries?
4.Greg Vinnicombe
Introducing a Solution Focused ‘culture’ into a medium sized housing association.
5.Mark McKergow
Narrative Emergence, or ‘what happens during and after SF’?
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Afternoon Workshops:
6.Eileen McCabe / Neil Woodbridge
Transition Affects Carers Too: a Solution Focused Approach
7.Carey Glass
What happens when the client is an entire community?
8.Evan George
Solution focused for 25 years
9.John Pihlaja
Why every client should have a death wish and why your clients should resist your good intentions: Solution Focused Extremes of Utilisation for Client and Community.
10.Shakya Kumara
iFLOW: Time Management You’ve Got Time For
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2012 UKASFP Conference 14/15th June Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
This will be the 9th UKASFP Conference and we are delighted that this year it is being held in Edinburgh. The prices are shown below and note that the Early Bird Prices are for delegates who have booked and paid for their place by 31st March 2012. Please note: the discounted member price is for UKASFP members who are fully subscribed when they book for the conference and at the time when the confe…rence is held, otherwise the non-member rate is applicable. There is a discounted price for unwaged/unwaged students: student member Early Bird £55/non-member Early Bird £75; after 31st March: Member £75/Non member £95. There is also be a group discount – book 5 from the same organisation and get one extra place free. Please use the contact page of the website to book and confirm your student status.
UKASFP website: http://www.ukasfp.co.uk/cms-pages/conferences.cfm?pageID=69
Possible Solutions For Aid to Recovery for War Veterans with PTSD
As discussed in this article published in 2011 by Dr Alastair Clarke-Walker, currently the UK has more war veterans than at any time since the Second World War. In the words of Dr Liam Fox MP; “it is a time bomb about to explode.”
This article discusses possible solutions for war veterans and their families. As a Solution Focused Therapist, I believe strongly that Solution Focused Therapeutic sessions can be part of the healing process of PTSD for war veterans and their families. Solution Focused Therapy sessions can help towards their integration into their social and civil environment, including employment, by discussing how they feel that therapy might help them and what needs to happen for them to feel it has, to explore the strengths and life skills they already have, to work towards developing self confidence, how to make possible small steps towards their preferred future, to explore if there are already small parts of that preferred future happening and by assigning therapeutic tasks that will involve looking for changes that are occurring between sessions. I would also like to add that by being able to tell their stories and being heard, we will be offering a supportive network to war veterans, which might be the first small step to their recovery.
I recently read that the US government is now recruiting psychologists that work in a Solution Focused Therapeutic way to aid veterans in their recovery from PTSD. I cannot find this article on line now. As soon as I have found it I will post it to this Blog.
In the meantime, I suggest that if you are interested in how we can support war veterans in their recovery, to read Dr Alastair Clarke-Walker’s article.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmwelaf/writev/sfv/sfv10.htm
Claudia van Zuiden is a member of the UKASFP (United Kingdom Association of Solution Focused Practitioners) and is available for sessions in Solution Focused Therapy for clients, is an International Speaker and facilitates workshops in training Solution Focused Interventions in the UK and abroad.
Photograph: http://fusible.com/2011/10/is-google-launching-an-initiative-for-war-veterans-domains-hint-at-program/
Happy 2012 Solution
Wishing you all a beautiful 2012, this year my Solution is focused on love, compassion and calm abiding in the heart, so this ripple can travel to all that connects. A weekly meditation with this intent will be held at my home, on monday evenings, 7pm GMT, more information how to participate will follow on this page soon. You can also allow yourself to find a space, preferably daily, where you can connect with that place within where all is calm, this might help with how you connect with your emotions, with your relationship to others and how you live your life. Find yourself a safe space, switch off the phone and sit straight, or ly down. Make sure you are comfortable. Then bring your awareness to your breath and just observe the breath coming and going, like a gentle wave in the ocean. Don’t judge it, just follow it and observe the quality of your breath, is it a shallow breath or do you open the lungs. You can also just count the breath, how many seconds does your inner and outer breath last. Then just observe the body becoming less tense, softening. Start with five minutes a day, or every second day, or even once a week. Observe how you feel the rest of the day after each meditation. If you feel it helps, do more of it. If you don’t like it, try something else that works for you. Be gentle and kind to yourself. Best wishes, Claudia.
Solution Focused Quotations
“Find out what works, and do more of that.”
Steve de Shazer
“Concentrating on people’s strengths…This, and only this, will be the major differentiator for organisations in the future.”
Dr. John Hunt
“Problem talk creates problems, solution talk creates solutions.”
Steve de Shazer
Mastering the Art of Solution-Focused Counseling book by J.Guterman
Very happy to read that the Application of Solution Focused Interventions Workshops I facilitated in Nepal earlier this year have inspired others to continue to use the technique and to introduce this technique to counselors of the SOS Children’s Villages in Nepal. I look forward to the continuation of introducing this technique in areas where there is little counselling support available due to lack of funding. I would like to thank Sujen Man for his enthusiasm and passion in promoting positive mental health for children and adults alike in Nepal and invite you to read about his workshop in Solution Focused Interventions on his blog:
http://sujenman.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/positive-mental-health-training/#comment-333
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