Carroll County Local Management Board---a premier FTTIM implementation site---and Carroll County Youth Service Bureau Inc., win the SAMHSA 2009 Science and Service Award by showcasing their successful implementation of Brief Strategic Family Therapy because they believe in healthy families. See the happy faces below:
Angela Chmar, Patsy Shaffer, Olga Hervis (FTTIM), Bobby Jarrett, Lynn Davis, Diana Vaughan and Carol Bolles
Last Updated on:: 07 / 29 / 2010
Are the concepts, principles and ideas of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) in the public domain and thus available for anyone to use?
The concepts, ideas and principles of BSFT are in the public domain, and anyone can provide BSFT so long as they are duly certified(see FAQ on "certification"). The principles underlying BSFT were co-developed years ago by Olga Hervis and Jose Szapocznik using governmental grants requiring dedication of the work to the public domain. The original works co-authored by Szapocznik and Hervis include disclaimers that expressly dedicate the works to the public so that anyone who is properly certified can freely use BSFT.
