Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Christa Cummins (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, LPC

I help clients see how their strengths can be applied to make changes in their lives. We'll explore not only what has worked well in the past, but what may have worked well at one time but is no longer serving you, and work toward change.

Sam Wilson

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LCSW-C

Solution focused therapy is one of the fundamental techniques underlying the social work worldview. Therapy is often at it's most effective and efficient when it is built around goal-setting, identifying your strengths, and breaking down a problem into manageable steps. Once you start checking items off your list, you will realize that you have the strength to overcome the seemingly overwhelming.

Mary Russell (She/Her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

April Dvorak

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

APRN, PMHNP-BC

Amber Barbieri

Professional Counselor Associate

LMHCA

Rather than dwelling on problems, SFBT focuses on building solutions by identifying your strengths and past successes. Together, we'll explore what's already working in your life and amplify these positive elements. I'll help you set clear, achievable goals and recognize small steps of progress. Through targeted questions and future-focused discussions, we'll create practical strategies to move you toward your desired outcomes, emphasizing your resilience and capability for change.

Hailey Lauer (she/her/they/them)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW LICSW CADC-I

This very playful, creative, and respectful approach to therapy invites some radically different sorts of healing conversations, and shows up in almost every session I do. Finding out 'what's right about you," and how to mobilize that to transform challenges into sources of joy and success can be a most delightful experience. This approach allows me to tailor what I do very precisely to the specific interests, values, and needs of each client; nothing generic or cookie cutter here!

Ryan Leiderman (he/him)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA LPC RCC

Chris Lehman

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, MS, LPC

I both trained and practiced Brief Therapy at Portland State Universities Graduate School of Counseling. Brief therapy is sometimes the most effective tool for change in the therapy setting. I often use brief therapy within the larger counseling relationship to help clients see identified problems as opportunities.

Kate McNulty

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

My orientation is pragmatic and my interest in therapy is helping you get access to the tools and information you need. Typically people come in for a series of sessions and then return whenever they feel the need for a check-in or when they hit another bump in the road. We are always collaborating when it comes to deciding how long it makes sense for us to work together.

Guillaume Counseling Services (She/Her)

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

LMFT

Many of our clients are dealing with solvable and situational stress, related to daily life functioning. We utilize Solution Focused Brief Therapy to help our clients problem solve, get unstack, and have tangible hope, based on real life solutions. This approach is used with individuals and couples.

Josephine Jardine (she/her)

Professional Counselor Associate

#R8352

If you are interested in brief therapy, powerful work can be done in just a few short sessions, setting you up for long term success.

Stacey Berry (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist

PsyD

Anchor Within Counseling

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Behavioral Health Office

Danielle Solari (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, PMH-C

Topher Welsch

Clinical Social Work Associate

CSWA A11890

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is an outcome-oriented therapeutic approach that focuses on identifying and leveraging clients' existing strengths and resources to achieve their desired outcomes. Instead of delving into past issues, SFBT emphasizes present solutions and future possibilities. This short-term therapy helps clients develop practical strategies to overcome challenges and make meaningful progress in a relatively brief timeframe.

Yeva Khemchan (she/her)

Clinical Social Work Associate

CSWA, LSWAIC

Joan Laguzza, LCSW Joie PDX Counseling

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

This style of therapy is designed to provide a quick resolution to a specific problem. It can identify existing strengths and help determine how to use them to resolve issues and attain goals. I am a creative problem solver and enjoy helping others realize their potential to create solutions to establish balance and wellbeing in their lives.

Lynn Emmons LCSW, LICSW, RN, CADCI (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW, LICSW, RN, CADC1

Going to therapy doesn't always need to be for a long time. Depending on the client's needs, solution focused brief therapy can quickly address current challenges from a strengths-based solution focused stance. I utilized this approach a great deal in an university student health clinic setting and found it very effective.

Audrianna J. Gurr (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC License and CADCI certificate, CDWF certificate

Our work can be centered on identifying and working towards resolution on a current or persistent issue that is interfering with your current life healthy balance. Sometimes this may lead to deeper unpacking of issues but, initially it is about problem solving and stability.

DeShawn Williams

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

For individuals or families needing to talk about the challenges they are faced with which can be more crisis oriented or time limited will benefit from a more solution focused or problem-solving approach. I work to focus on the challenges at hand rather the past. In addition I work to assist with getting families to their desired goals in their desired time frame.

Lili Micaela

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC Oregon, LMHC Washington

This would be a concentrated series of sessions about a specific issue, goal, or a hurdle you are grappling with.

Kelly Washam (she/her)

Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

MA, MAC, MFTA

Nicole Phelps (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LCSW

Sometimes there is a specific situation or goal that you are needing support with. Solution focused therapy hones in on your strengths, skills and resources you have used in the past to resolve challenges. This is a collaborative process between you and your therapist, focusing on and supporting what is working.

Laura La Rosa (She/Her)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

MA, MSW, LCSW

There is no better time than now to focus on a solution to your problem so that you can feel better sooner than later. I whole heartedly believe that you already have the innate capacity to solve your problems right now. Our work together will uncover what you already know so that you can move in the direction you want to go in your life. Lets get started it won’t take long.

Benné Gulick (he/she/they/all)

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA

Rebecca Youssef (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist

PsyD

Richard Marshall

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

M.A., LMFT

I enjoy using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) because it uses the client's own goals as a motivation for change. Therapy is therefore custom tailored to the individual client, harnessing the transformative power of the client's own strengths and interests, and builds upon ways the client may already be solving their own problem.

Joyce Korschgen (Ms)

Licensed Professional Counselor

LPC

Megan Sapp (she/her)

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

PMHNP, CNM, FNP

Bonnie Lambert (she/her)

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

PMHNP-BC, LPC

Targeted problem solving based intervention

Katie Clark, LMHC, LPC (she/her)

Licensed Professional Counselor

NCC

If you are struggling with a specific issue, SFBT is effective in finding an effective way to address it.