Bio for Cecil Walker, LMFT
In addition to being a member of the MPA community for the past seven years, Cecil Walker, LMFT is an expert SFBT clinician. Cecil is also a trainer for the Solution Focused Universe (SFU), the largest training organization in the world for SFBT. Cecil co-leads training workshops and certification courses for mastering solution-focused therapy skills, is a regular contributor to SFBT research, and has collaborated on the completion of the organization's first edition of its official treatment manual.
Cecil has researched and written multiple articles published in peer-reviewed journals. For example, he was first author on the article, "The Value of Emotions in Solution Focused Brief Therapy," published in The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. He contributed to the book, Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Clients Managing Trauma, published in 2018, where he wrote about the neurological processes involved in the positive psychology and goal attainment that solution focused intervention is known for. He is on the editorial team for the Journal of Solution Focused Practices (JSFP), reviewing incoming article proposals and editing opinion pieces. Cecil is also the current chair of the journal’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
He has given numerous presentations about SFBT, trauma, and multicultural competency at large conferences and organizations, including the SF World Conference in Germany, the SF24 online conference, the Emory School of Law EPIC Conference, and the Emory School of Medicine Trauma-Informed Care Conference. He was previously the Diversity and Multicultural Issues Chair on the board of the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapists and the author of MPA’s DEI mission statement. Outside of his clinical work, Cecil is a classically trained musician and has spent years teaching piano and making music with friends