A Call Across the Pond; Transforming Relationships at School, at Home and Beyond
Transform your relationships at school - with your students and peers, and in life - with your family, friends and colleagues. Enjoy conversations about prioritizing communication with an intentional approach to healthy and inclusive relationships. Tara Gretton and Vicky Essebag are experienced solution-focused practitioners and instructional leaders with a background in education, social work and family therapy. Tara (UK), and Vicky (Canada), enjoy sharing their thoughts and reflections - across the pond. Join them during their regular chats as they interview amazing leaders and share their insights and expertise. You will love their energy, inspiration and compassion as they promote well-being in productive relationships for ALL. Check out their youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Relationspaces) for their Relationspaces Power Bursts. These are short video clips during which Tara and Vicky ask a relationship-based question which they answer using their solution-focused expertise, and in under 10 minutes.
Tara Gretton is the founder of Solution Revolution. She fell in love with the Solution-Focused (SF) approach in 2002. Tara is on a mission to share the magic of the SF approach with schools, children, young people and families. She also feels passionately about young people’s voices being heard and loves to train young people in the solution-focused approach. Tara also enjoys working with musicians, actors and breath workers where they bring the magic of SF and the arts together. https://www.solutionrevolution.co.uk/.
Vicky Essebag is an experienced educator, school leader, family therapist and certified solution-focused coach. As a relational comnmunication specialist, she is widely known for teaching solution-focused practice to support effective communication for ALL. Vicky inspires and motivates parents, schools and organizations to cultivate and strengthen relationships that are grounded in equity, inclusion, success and well-being. She is author of Relationspaces; A Solution-Focused Handbook for Parents, and Founder of the coaching and consulting company - Relationspaces- www.relationspaces.com.
A Call Across the Pond; Transforming Relationships at School, at Home and Beyond
An Interview with Linda Metcalf and Marcella Stark; Celebrating Solution Focus in Education and Counselling
In this new episode, it was such a joy for Tara and Vicky to host two very inspiring women - Marcella Stark and Linda Metcalf – researchers, counselors, professors and authors. They are leaders in Solution Focused Brief Therapy and its applications in schools and workplaces. They shared their wonderful journeys, insights and stories with us. They also recently co-authored an exciting new book - Solution-Focused Strategies for K-12 Leaders – Improving School Climate, Teacher Confidence and Student Wellness.Join us in an interview that celebrates personal and professional growth, and the power of developing relationships and making an impact with Solution Focus.
Linda Metcalf, M.Ed., PhD, is graduate of Baylor University, BA, Texas Christian University, M.Ed., and Texas Woman’s University, PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is a certified school counselor, licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and currently, a Professor in graduate counseling at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Solution Focused Narrative Therapy and ten other books. She has presented to school counselors and clinicians extensively in the United States, Australia, Japan, Newfoundland, Germany, Scotland, England, Norway, Amsterdam, Singapore, UK, Canada, Thailand and more. She specializes in using solution focused narrative therapy in schools to assist students and teachers to engage, hopefully creating peaceful classrooms and stop school violence. Her website is https://solutionfocusedschool.com
Marcella Stark is a Professor of Counseling at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She teaches in the Counseling & Human Services Program and serves as its Program Coordinator. This program emphasizes a solution-focused approach to counseling. As such, her research examines applications of the solution-focused approach, exploring its use in school administration, clinical supervision, student affairs work, and issues of political disagreement. She is a past President and Conference Chair for the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA).Her research may be located at https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4263-1487
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