Examine the distinguishing features and key concepts of solution-focused brief therapy.


1. Identify how the postmodern approaches differ from the
modernist approaches.
2. Describe the historical roots of social constructionism.
3. Understand the collaborative language systems approach.
4. Examine the distinguishing features and key concepts of solution-focused brief therapy.
5. Identify the role of the therapeutic relationship in the solution-
focused approach.
6. Describe the techniques often used by solution-focused brief
therapists.
7. Understand the application of solution-focused therapy to group
counseling.
8. Identify the distinguishing features and key concepts of narrative
therapy.
9. Understand the role of the therapeutic relationship in narrative therapy.
10. Describe the techniques often used by narrative therapists.
11. Examine the application of narrative therapy to group
counseling.
12. Identify the strengths and shortcomings of the postmodern
approaches from a multicultural perspective.
13. Describe the contributions and limitations of the postmodern
approaches.