Take Control Counselling Therapy

14/09/2024

Brief Solution Focused Therapy

Have you ever considered counselling but were put off by the requirement to attend multiple ongoing sessions? Despite understanding the positive outcomes associated with counselling, perhaps the repetitive costs would put a strain on your finances? Or maybe, the thought of exploring the negative aspects of your life or situation, fills you with overwhelming dread and fear? If you answered yes to any of the above, then ‘Brief Solution Focused Therapy’ might just work for you.

Brief Solution Focused Therapy moves away from the historical approach to therapy, where session time is traditionally spent exploring the problem and associated historical negative experiences. As its name implies, Brief Solution Focused Therapy approaches your situation by identifying, exploring, and understanding what it calls ‘exceptions’. These exceptions are positive times in your life when the problem has or did have a lesser impact. Through strong client and practitioner collaboration, underpinned by the belief that every client has an innate ability to solve their problems, exceptions are identified and used as the building blocks to create your better future. Other techniques utilised in Brief Solution Focused Therapy typically include imagination exercises, description of a problem free future, exploring the problem rating scale, presupposition, and identifying coping strategies.

Despite what you might be thinking, Brief Solution Focused Therapy is not a new kid on the block. In fact, it has been establishing itself in the therapy arena for well over 40 years. Further to this, research also demonstrates that it can be efficacious within a large variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, addiction, problematic behaviours, and relationships. Equally important, it is a universal therapy approach, meaning it can be utilised for children, adults and every ethnicity, culture, minority group, and diverse background.

Year on year the research continues to demonstrate that therapists embracing the techniques within Brief Solution Focused Therapy are witnessing improvements within clients that are seeking a faster, pathway towards a problem free future. In fact, one of the underpinning approaches that is adopted by the solution focused clinician is that every session should be entered into as if it is the last. So, if you are looking to try an alternative approach to improving your situation or have little time to spare, then Brief Solution Focused Therapy might just work for you.

David at Take Control Counselling Therapy is now making this innovative style of therapy more wildly available to everyone by providing sessions during the evenings, weekends, online, and depending upon your location, even in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

For more information or to book your Brief Solution Focused Therapy session with David simply call - 0408 444 992 or email your enquiry to – [email protected]

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01/09/2024

Hello Everyone,

My name is David. I first became interested in human behaviour and mental health whilst working with ‘at risk’ offenders in a correctional facility. A deep desire to learn and help others overcome their problems, situations and adversities developed inside me and before I knew it my new journey began. A good place to gain experience and become involved with a broad spectrum of people and situations appeared to be within the area of emergency response. I therefore applied for and ultimately secured a position within The Queensland Ambulance Service as an Advanced Care Paramedic. Some fourteen years later and still working within this role, I am now able to call myself a senior clinician.

The reality about the role of a Paramedic is that we do not just attend medical or trauma cases, and in fact a huge number of incidents are focused around mental health and social situations. The years of working with people experiencing extreme challenges with their mental has helped me to realise that this is the area where I perform not only my best but most rewarding work. With that in mind and to ensure that I could maximise positive results for those in need, I commenced extensive additional study, and have now achieved a psychology degree in behavioural studies, and a masters in counselling.

When time allows, I continue to work as a Paramedic and spend many shifts working a specialised mental health response vehicle. The majority of my time however, I now dedicate towards providing counselling therapy, and helping others improve their situations. I am especially driven to working closely with people of all ages who are experiencing challenges with their emotional regulation, substance use, anxiety and depression. In regard to my therapeutic style, I do not necessarily favour or rely upon a single method or modality. My experience has taught me that there is no one size fits all approach to counselling, and therefore I often incorporate relevant and appropriate areas of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution Focused Therapy into my methods.

I sincerely hope that this brief introduction about me will give you the confidence to reach out for the support and assistance that you deserve. As your chosen counsellor I would love nothing more than to accompany you on your journey to taking control of your life in whatever form you choose or desire.