Overview:
“If a miracle happened and the problem you have was solved overnight, how would you know it was solved, and what would be different? This question is known as the “Miracle Question” and is a well-known technique used in Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), developed by Shazer and Berg.
SFT is future-oriented, goal-directed, and emphasizes solutions rather than problems within therapy. A focus on solutions gives clients the imagination to visualize a life without their daily stressors and begin to identify solutions to their problems. SFT takes a non-knowing approach and empowers clients to be the experts in their own lives, developing a collaborative relationship between therapist and client. This presentation will highlight the historical tenets of SFT, discuss the process and role of the therapist, and identify key techniques characteristic of SFT.
Objectives:
- Explain the historical tenets and key theorists who establish SFT.
- Analyze and apply client problems within an SFT approach.
- Describe the role of a client and counselor within an SFT approach.
- Identify the process of counseling within an SFT approach.
Course materials are only available to enrolled students.
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Crystal Lockett-Thomas, LPC, BC-TMH, NCC
Crystal Lockett-Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Nationally Certified Counselor, and a Board-Certified Telemental Health Provider based in Texas. With extensive experience working with at-risk youth, she focuses on helping them develop healthy perspectives and build high emotional intelligence. Her work with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, where she assisted male juvenile offenders who committed violent crimes in the process of building empathy and reducing recidivism, speaks volumes about her expertise in the field. Crystal has a wealth of experience in a range of therapies and techniques, including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Focused therapies, and Moral Reconation Therapy. She currently assists adolescents and adults in addressing a variety of mental health issues. Her approach to therapy is collaborative, working closely with her clients to empower them along their therapeutic journey and produce the most effective outcomes. As Clinical Director, Crystal is responsible for providing support and training to other therapeutic staff in her private practice group to enhance the overall client experience. Her dedication to her clients is reflected in her commitment to the continuous professional development of her staff. Crystal is also an Adjunct Faculty member for the Collin College educational system, where she has the great privilege of helping shape the next generation of counselors.
National Approvals
eCare BHI, as the accredited and approved sponsor, maintains responsibility for all the programs and must abide by each board’s continuing education guidelines.

Professional Counselors — The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6703. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Addiction Professionals — NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute is officially on file with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an Approved Education Provider. They are formally known as NAADAC Provider #139138. Please note that E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Social Workers — Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute, #1706, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. E Care Behavioral Health Institute maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 06-03-2020 – 06-03-2026.

CE Broker
CE Broker is a continuing education tracking system in which licensees track their compliance and report their completed CE hours credit (CE Broker Tracking #50-33336)
State Approvals
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Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin |
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Tennessee | Texas | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin |
- Nevada CPC’s and MFT’s accept ASWB-approved training
- North Dakota Board Of Counselor Examiners LAPC and LAPCS accept ASWB approved training
- Rhode Island Board of Mental Health Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists MHC’s accept ASWB approved training
- Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council LPC and LPCS accept ASWB approved training
- Utah Division of Professional Licensing – CMHC’s accept ASWB approved training
- Washington State Department of Mental Health MHC’s accept ASWB approved training
- Wisconsin Council on Mental Health LPCS accepts ASWB-approved training
States that Accept NAADAC Approved Providers |
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Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wyoming |
States that Accept APA Approved Providers |
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Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | Tennessee | Utah | Vermont | Virginia |
Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming |