In their lives outside the therapy office, our clients live, work, and play with other people. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) has always emphasized what people do when they are not seeing us. Bring your examples of how you use conversations about relationships to drive solution building. This meeting will be a collaborative conversation.
Since 2010, the Hudson Valley Solution Focused Network (HVSFN) has been facilitating SFBT discussions—a model supported by evidence-based research.
This session is intended for participants who are familiar with SFBT and are currently using the model in their practice, though all are welcome to bring their curiosity. You can watch a podcast episode featuring the Hudson Valley Solution Focused Network on YouTube.
If you'd like more background information on the therapy model itself, visit the Wikipedia page on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.
Joel Simon, LCSW, ACSW, BCD has been in clinical social work practice for over 40 years in a variety of both inpatient and outpatient settings. He has been a solution-focused practitioner, trainer, presenter, and consultant since 1992. Joel attended 3 advanced solution-focused trainings at the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the home of solution-focused brief therapy. He is a founding member of the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association and the recipient of the Steve de Shazer Memorial Award for “significant contributions to the field of solution-focused brief therapy over many years.” Currently, Joel is in private practice, provides solution-focused training, supervision, and consultation. Joel co-authored several articles on solution focus including two with Insoo Kim Berg, a co-developer of the model. Joel has authored and co-authored 4 books on solution-focused topics. Please visit www.0to10.net for further information.
Mark E. Lane Credential, LCSW-R is an experienced solution focused therapist with over 30 years of experience using and teaching solution focused therapy. He facilitates Hudson Valley Solution Focused quarterly meetings and has taught solution focused therapy at the Graduate School of Social Welfare at the State University of NY at Albany since 1996. He currently works in private practice specializing in group therapy and as a school social worker with Guilderland Schools where he leans heavily on solution focused principles.
John W. O’Grady, LCSW, has been a therapist for 40 years. He practiced in a family counseling clinic for 18 years, gradually introducing Solution-Focused Therapy into his work with parents, youth, and families. In 2011 he opened a private practice in Albany, where he uses SF therapy to serve a wide range of clients.
Janelle joins the HVSFN team helping out with tech and learning and practicing ways to integrate solution focused throughout her life and work. Janelle currently works for mobile crisis for the capital region, as well as the Employee Assistance Program for NYS. Before this, Janelle worked at the National Association of Social Workers-NYS chapter, coordinating trainings for social workers throughout the state. She also previously worked with the state at the SUNY Albany School of Social Welfare supporting their admissions and student services office. In her free time, Janelle enjoys dancing, music, playing frisbee, and spending time with friends and chosen family.
Sydney earned her MSW from University at Albany in 1995, with post-masters training in attachment issues, trauma treatment, and solution-focused therapy. Sydney has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families for over 30 years, in community-based programs, home-based programs, health care, and private practice.
