Wear your Problem-Solving Brief Therapy tool kit to avoid Burnout when working with trauma
Dealing effectively with trauma from a problem-solving brief therapy (PSBT) perspective involves addressing the immediate impact of trauma while focusing on practical solutions and building resilience. In this piece we’d like to address how you do this effectively while prioritizing yourself to avoid burnout. The PSBT is always ‘accused’ of not considering people’s feelings during […]
How to recover from Trauma. A Problem Solving Brief Therapy lens.
How to truly recover from Trauma. A Problem Solving Brief therapy lens. I believe complex trauma has become more misunderstood among therapists and counselors who are taught to treat it with set protocols, which are applied to every trauma case that comes into their offices. Yes, trauma casts a long shadow over the lives of […]
Effective Therapy for Teens
How to survive teens and help their parents too with Problem Solving Brief Therapy Help teens with mental health while helping parents help their teens. Have you worked with parents of teens who have good intentions and are lost as to how to help their teen with their mental-health? No surprise here: most parents want […]
Effective therapy needs to be brief–short, and solution focused therapy.
Effective therapy needs to be brief–short, and solution focused therapy. We come from a long tradition of focusing on what the client – or patient in other models– needs at the time they ask us for help. This premise, which is quite contrary to what they teach in college and other institutions, results in listening […]
Permission to Feel Sadness During The Holidays: A Brief Therapy Center Perspective Regarding the Holiday Season.
(And an Invitation to a Complimentary Workshop on This Topic) By: Karin Schlanger and Esther Krohner At the Brief Therapy Center, we’ve always maintained that the Holiday Season isn’t for everyone. For some, the holidays may carry with it a dark side that often goes unmentioned. This can make it tougher for those who already […]
Do you dare use paradoxes in your practice?
Can you use Paradoxes in Problem Solving Brief Therapy? For us, the answer is “yes, when indicated”, like any other intervention. For some reason, the word Paradox is heard as a bad one when used in psychotherapy. Psychotherapists usually believe that there are several considerations and potential reasons why they might use paradoxes cautiously. When […]
Debunking the Therapy Stigma: Improving Mental Health in America One Grain of Sand at a Time
Have you had conversations with people who were hesitant to seek therapy due to the stigma of mental health treatment? As a therapist or mental health practitioner, chances are you’ve had some of them in a session. It’s essential to understand why the therapy stigma exists and how to overcome it to help clients effectively. […]
How to improve the Mental Health Crisis in America: make treatments more effective
The United States is grappling with a crisis in mental health, one that has far-reaching implications for individuals, families and communities. In recent years, the prevalence of mental health issues has escalated to alarming levels, posing a significant challenge to the nation’s well-being and stability. One of the causes, we suggest is that the prevalent […]
AI for Eating Disorders. Come find out what we are about
A few weeks ago on the radio, while driving from one place to another, I heard an interesting and scary program. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) had to suspend its helpline for people suffering from eating disorders because, when they called, the chatbot powered by Artificial Intelligence was offering advice on how to go […]
How we see the world: Politics through a Brief Therapy Lense.
People often say everything is connected, when referring to interwoven events, people and movements. It’s because we cannot avoid looking at the world through a lens, through a particular window. We have chosen the Problem-Solving Brief Therapy lens because we find it useful and we wanted to share a perspective that even applies to everyday […]
