On any given day, 5–15% of men and 20–30% of women jail detainees have a diagnosable serious mental illness, resulting in over 2 million persons with mental disorder admitted to U.S. jails each year. Corrections professionals have a constitutional obligation to provide adequate mental health treatment; thus, they need to immediately triage incoming detainees to
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), also called solution-focused therapy or solution-building practice therapy, was developed by Steven de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg, and their colleagues. As the name suggests, SFBT is future-focused and goal-directed, and focuses on solutions rather than on the problems that brought clients to seek therapy. De Shazar, Berg, and their collaborators established
Brief Therapy Definition Brief therapy is a type of counseling that is time limited and present oriented. Brief therapy focuses on the client’s presenting symptoms and current life circumstances, and it emphasizes the strengths and resources of the client. The therapist in brief therapy is active and directive. Termination of counseling is a major focus