The format for our 2009 Strengths Based Conference has been altered to provide more targeted and affordable opportunities for your professional development goals and will not now be held as previously advertised.

Conversations with many people indicated that in the current economic climate, people were seeking more affordable opportunities that targeted their specific areas of interest and development. In order to be responsive to this need we have decided to run a number of one day and half day events and workshops targeted at workers, parents and managers.

The first of these will be a package of workshops with the very popular and inspiring Ben Furman from Finland.

Ben is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and trainer of solution-focused psychology and psychotherapy. Ben's publications include, among others, "Kids' Skills - Practical and Playful Solutions to Children's Problems", "It’s Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood" and "Solution Talk - Hosting Therapeutic Conversations". 

In addition to his work in the field of solution-focused psychotherapy, Ben has also been active exploring other applications of solution-focused psychology such as coaching, leadership training, team building, education and parenting.

Together with Tapani Ahola, Ben's most recent book , "Change Through Cooperation - Handbook of Reteaming", is a manual for the solution-focused coaching method. They have also developed a concept for teaching solution focused leadership and communication they call the “Twin Star”.

Ben has also developed a number of methods to help children and adolescents overcome problems. “Kids' Skills” is a solution-focused approach to helping children solve all sorts of problems together with their family and friends and “Steps of Responsibility” is a constructive way of dealing with the wrongdoings of pupils at school.

Ben teaches in and lectures in his own country as well as abroad. In Finland he is well known for his informative psychological program on national TV which he hosted for several years during 1990's and 2000's. Ben lectures internationally and has over the years had engagements all over the world. We were fortunate enough to have Ben as a keynote speaker at our 2006 Strengths Based Conference.

To register your interest in being on the mailing list for these exciting events in mid March 2009, please email us at info@lighthouseresources.com.au and we will ensure that you receive all the updates on the upcoming workshops.

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