Sirkkaliisa Heimonen & John Brooker
Introduced by John Brooker Lessons for Organisations Practitioners use Solution Focus in different disciplines, including (but not limited to therapy, counselling, individual coaching, team coaching, organisational and supra organisational development. This article serves as a reminder that these disciplines often overlap and that it is important to keep cross-pollinating knowledge between them.
Sirkkaliisa Heimonen and her colleagues have been researching the impact on individuals with mild cognitive impairment and early-onset dementia while at work. Their work forms part of an international study into this issue, and they studied 11 people in total in Finland.
Gill is the manager of Learning Space, a children and young people’s mental health charity based in Surrey, England.
She is a trained secondary school teacher with a background in special educational needs.
Gill achieved her MA in Emotional Factors in Learning and Teaching at the Tavistock and Portman Clinic.
She is one of the founding members of the Learning Space team and has been using solution-focused approaches to support children, young people and families since the beginning of the charity in 1997.
Natasha is the Deputy Manager and Community Wellbeing Lead for Learning Space, a children and young people’s mental health charity based in Surrey, England. She has twenty years of experience in youth and community work and completed her MA in Youth and Community Studies in 2016. She completed her advanced certificate in SF with BRIEF in 2022 and was recently accredited by the UKASFP as an accredited SF practitioner. Natasha is passionate about bringing together SF and participation to co-produce innovative early help and mental health services, putting the child’s voice, young person and family at the centre.
Sarah is Senior Mentor Children and Young People, of Learning Space, a children and young people’s mental health charity based in Surrey, England.
Sarah is an experienced Parent Coach who shares Listening and Connection tools to support great relationships.
A qualified youth worker and senior mentor with Learning Space, Sarah has worked with children, young people and parents for ten years in various settings, including secondary schools and the private sector.