Author: Mark Gillen, Professor Emeritus, CEO Solution Focused Counseling and Coaching LLC
Biography: Dr. Gillen trained at the Brief Family Therapy Center, where SFT originated, and has practiced Solution Focused Counseling since the mid-1980s. He has worked as a school counselor, adventure therapist, and day treatment therapist. He has been training others on the use and application of SFC for more than thirty years.
Book Description: The impetus for this book is to help counselors, specifically school counselors, figure out how to utilize a theory, or mindset/belief system, in our everyday work with clients. Dr. Gillen’s ideas on how to think like a solution focused counselor were born at the Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC) in Milwaukee Wisconsin. This is not a strict academic text, instead this guide offers insights and ideas for utilizing Solution Focused Theory based on training at the Brief Family Therapy Center, years of supervised practice using Solution Focused Theory, readings, research, and decades of training others on how to utilize Solution Focused Therapy (SFT).
Theme: Social/Emotional
Audience: K-12
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