Elliott Connie
Founder/PresidentElliott Connie, MA, LPC is a Psychotherapist that practices in Arlington, Texas. He has worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and families applying the solution...
The Solution Focused Universe is 10 years old in 2026! And it made me think about the importance of providing SFBT training materials to the mental health community.
That’s why we want to hear from you. What kind of educational content would YOU benefit from? And would you be interested in an in person event hosted by the SFU?
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
So there’s this trend going around on social media where people are posting pictures from 2016. So I decided to jump on this trend. And I was going through my phone, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, looking at pictures and videos from 2016. And it hit me that 2016 was the year we founded the Solution Focused Universe. And I was thinking about like what life was like then and what I was trying to accomplish.
And I really wanted to create an organization where people could get quality training in Solution Focus Brief Therapy, even if they didn’t have the money to afford an expensive training. I thought I really wanted people, no matter where they were in the world, literally the world, to be able to learn Solution Focused Brief therapy. Now, fast forward 10 years in the Solution Focused Universe, also known as the sfu, has become the leader in the field, the largest training organization in the history of this field.
And we are very, very proud of that. But even more importantly, we’re proud of the fact that almost all of our trainings are completely for free. Literally 90 to 95% of all the trainings we do are completely for free. And I started thinking, if this trend happens again in 2036, I want to look back on these 10 years and know that we continued our mission and we continued being the leader in the field that we currently are.
So that makes me want to ask you two questions. The first one, since we’re at the beginning of 2026, what kinds of training would you hope to from Solution Focused Proof Therapy? Working with couples, working with teens and adolescents, working with families, working with groups, working with addictions, whatever. What are the kinds of trainings that like, you’d really like to benefit from here in 2026? And the second question is, back in 2016, we, we, we started thinking about creating a very different conference experience.
We wanted to have a luxury conference experience that did not have a lux. And we started hosting events in amazing resorts. We went to a place in Ontario, Canada. We went to another place in Taos, New Mexico. Like when we went all around the world, really, and all around the United States hosting these events. And then Covid happened and it really shut things down. And in the years since COVID people have been slow to go back to attending live in person events.
But in 2026, my team and I are thinking about hosting an amazing event. Like we’ve been brainstorming some ideas to take what we used to do and make it even bigger, even better. So my second question to you is, would you be interested in coming to a live in person? I want to call it a conference, but it’s bigger and more fun and more engaging than a conference.
So would you be interested in coming to a live, in person experience? So what I’d like you to do is just answer those two comments, those two questions in the comment section, reply to the email you got that told you this video was ready. Because we can’t go into this, this next decade at our very best without you. Love y’. All. Thank you. And I cannot wait to see your responses.
Elliott Connie, MA, LPC is a Psychotherapist that practices in Arlington, Texas. He has worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and families applying the solution focused approach to help them move their lives from the current problems towards their desired futures. As well as being the Founder and President of The Solution Focused Universe, he is recognized around the world speaking at national and international conferences and events throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland, England, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Holland, Canada, and Asia training practitioners to apply solution focused questions and techniques in their work. He has authored or co-authored 4 books including “The Art of Solution Focused Therapy”, ‘Solution Building in Couples Therapy”, ‘The Solution Focused Marriage’, and ‘Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma’.
