What is SFBT?
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a goal-oriented, strengths-based approach that supports clients in identifying their preferred futures and building on what’s already working. Rather than focusing on problems, SFBT centres on possibility, progress, and practical steps forward — however small.
About the workshop
This experiential session explores two underused but powerful elements of SFBT: visualisation and the use of silence.
- Visualisation invites clients to imagine in detail what life will look like when things are better. It deepens engagement, strengthens motivation, and helps both practitioner and client stay connected to outcomes that matter.
- Silent sessions allow space for reflection, emotion, and insight to emerge without pressure to speak. When facilitated with care and intention, silence becomes an active, therapeutic tool — not a gap, but a gateway.
Who is this for?
This training is ideal for professionals already familiar with SFBT who want to expand their practice using creative and relational techniques. Suitable for:
- Counsellors and therapists
- Youth workers and social workers
- Family practitioners and school-based staff
- Coaches and support workers
These techniques can be used effectively with a wide range of clients, including those who are neurodivergent, affected by trauma, emotionally overwhelmed, or simply unsure of how to begin. They are especially valuable when words are limited — and when hope feels distant.
What you’ll gain:
- A deeper understanding of the role of imagery and silence in SFBT
- Practical tools to introduce and facilitate visualisation
- Confidence in holding silence as a therapeutic space
- Reflection on your own presence and pacing in sessions
- Insight into when and how to use these tools with different client groups
Join Ayse Adil and Joe Lettieri of Family Based Solutions for a thoughtful, skills-based session designed to enhance your SFBT work through presence, imagination, and trust in the client’s own process.
