Solution Focused Brief Counseling & Consultation Workshop

FGCU Office of Continuing Education & Off-Campus Programs Presents Solution Focused Brief Counseling & Consultation Workshop

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Office of Continuing Education & Off-Campus Programs at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) presents Solution Focused Brief Counseling and Consultation (SFBC), a workshop targeted principally at school counselors, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, human services professionals and educators. SFBC uses a systematic, five-step approach in which clients, students and parents focus on solutions rather than problems. CEU’s: Florida Boards of Nursing: (ARNP, Clinical Nurse Specialist, LPN, RN) and Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling. – 6 contact hours through Florida Gulf Coast University, Continuing Education & Off-Campus Programs, Provider #50-10604.

SFBC workshop meets 8:30 a.m. to noon on two Saturdays, September 10 and October 8, at The Atrium, 8695 College Parkway, Suite 1181, Fort Myers, and costs $99 for both sessions.

Solution Focused Brief Counseling and Consultation is instructed by Dr. Russell A. Sabella, professor of counseling in the College of Health Professions and Social Work at FGCU, and president of Sabella & Associates. Dr. Sabella has authored numerous articles published in journals, magazines, and newsletters; and has co-authored two books, “Confronting Sexual Harassment: Learning Activities for Teens,” (Educational Media; 1995) and “Counseling in the 21st Century: Using Technology to Improve Practice” (American Counseling Association; 2004). He has been practicing and training thousands of professionals in Solution Focused Brief Counseling and Consultation for nearly 20 years.

To register, call (239) 425-3270, or go online at Upcoming FGCU Professional Development Programs at http://www.fgcu.edu/CEd/professional_development_programs.html. For further information, contact Paul Thornton at (239) 425-3274 or pthornton@fgcu.edu.

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