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HBTC will once again provide a two-day introductory workshop on solution focused therapy at Dalhousie University.  The workshop is tenatively scheduled for May 2012. Watch this space for information on the date and registration process.

Upcoming Events

Halifax, NS - January 2012:  Intensive three-day training in solution focused therapy for select staff from Capital District Health Authority.

Halifax, NS - May 2012:  Becoming Solution Focused in Practice - a two-day workshop at Dalhousie University's School of Social Work.  Details TBA

Halifax, NS - September 2012:  Becoming a Solution Focused Manager in the Helping Professions - an online course provided through Dalhousie University, School of Social Work.  Details TBA

Minneapolis, MN - November 14-18, 2012:  The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association holds its annual North American conference.  Register at sfbta.org

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About HBTC

Founded by Jill Ceccolini and Barry McClatchey, HBTC was conceived in 2003 as the Halifax Brief Therapy Centre.

For a two-year period, HBTC operated a free community counselling centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  More than forty mental health professionals engaged in intensive training in solution focused therapy, as the Centre provided over three hundred free counselling sessions to the public.

In 2005, HBTC was transformed into a training and consulting practice with a broader mandate to bring solution focused practice to organizations throughout the Maritime provinces and beyond.  In addition, the wide application of solution focused ideas lead HBTC to offer these same services to organizations, businesses, schools and individuals outside the field of mental health practice.

HBTC Clients:

The following represents a partial list of past and present HBTC clients:

  • Capital District Health Authority
  • Nova Scotia Community College
  • South Shore Health Authority
  • PVNC Catholic District School Board
  • Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
  • FGI Sheppell
  • Canada Revenue Agency
  • IWK Health Sciences Centre
  • Horizon Health Network
  • Dalhousie University
  • Nova Scotia Dept. of Community Services

 

Jill Ceccolini, MSW, RSW

Jill has used a solution focused approach in her clinical practice with individuals, couples and families for many years.  For more than seventeen years, Jill has taught counselling skills at Dalhousie University in Halifax, through the School of Social Work’s Continuing Education Program.  In addition to holding a Master of Social Work degree from Dalhousie, Jill also earned a Bachelor of Education degree from St. Mary’s University in Halifax.

 

Barry McClatchey, MSW, RSW

Barry has more than twenty years of experience as a solution focused therapist, counsellor and trainer.  A graduate of the MSW program at Dalhousie University, Barry also holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario.  As a passionate solution focused practitioner, Barry has completed training in the approach at a variety of locations in the United States and Canada.