Sponsored by the Association of Psychological Consultation in Ningbo Colleges and Universities, a workshop of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) was held at Wanli from April 11th to 13th, promoting the construction of a professional working team concerned with mental health. This workshop also drew fellow colleagues in charge of students’ affairs from other universities in Ningbo city.
This workshop invited Prof. MA Jian-qing from Zhejiang University to give the lecture, focusing on the background, basic concepts, common techniques, and procedures of SFBT with concrete cases to elaborate each technique by organizing participants with activities, such as, role-plays to experience and master these techniques. In the three-day workshop, the participants appreciated Prof. MA's lecture greatly and thought highly of SFBT that was practical and instilled one positive idea in the education, administration and service, that is, each individual can be an expert in solving his/her dilemma and promoting himself/herself. The essence of education thus is to dig out the positive power inherent in each individual and give him/her more power to be the best self. It offered a new perspective to view life and made each participant a happier person by embracing this new idea and techniques.
Wanli has always been attaching great importance to constructing a professional working team of mental health covering those staff in charge of students' affairs. So far 27 of those staff members have got the certificates of psychological consultants. Besides, an exchange meeting of psychological consultants is held in each semester to help those staff learn how to prevent mental crisis effectively and offer better counseling service with effective techniques, such as, group psychological counseling and class meeting themed with mental health thus to ensure Wanli students' comprehensive development.