Welcoming Clients
A process that should be focused on throughout the initial interview and is the foundation for all future therapeutic work.
What is joining?
A threat or harm to self or others, child abuse, and elder/dependent abuse.
What are exceptions to confidentiality?
Expectations that are achievable and beneficial to the client(s).
What are realistic goals?
A client whose therapy was court ordered or forced by a parent will likely have this level of motivation in the initial interview
What is little motivation?
Ways to establish credibility with a client.
What are professional dress, supervision, short & terminal contracts, etc.
This can cause clients to be reluctant to share information, resistant or defensive to therapist suggestions
What is failure to join?
An agreement to be recorded for the purpose of viewing videos in clinical supervision, allowing the therapist to review what happened in previous sessions and gain new insights.
What is consent to video recordings?
DAILY DOUBLE
A helpful strategy for bridging clients’ goals into more compatible expectations.
What is reframing?
The therapist can build ______ by highlighting strengths in a client who doubts their ability to grow and change
What is confidence?
This alone can be powerful enough to inspire change in a client
What is the therapeutic relationship?
These basic counseling skills facilitate joining by allowing a client to feel heard and understood.
What are reflective listening, maintaining direct eye contact, and/or leaning forward?
The income-driven measure that some clinics use to determine the fee for service.
What is a sliding scale?
A way to join with each individual in the system AND minimize clients monopolizing the conversation.
What is managing the structure of the conversation?
Transportation, finances, or work schedules are examples of ______, which can lead to a lack of motivation for therapy
What are practical barriers?
Attitude to maintain if a client questions the therapist’s credibility
What is a receptive, humble, and respectful attitude?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the greatest asset you bring to therapy.
What is...you! Your personality, life experiences, attitudes, compassion, etc.!
A form signed by clients that permits communication with other individuals/institutions about particular cases.
What is the release of information form?
Therapists focus on the client's ability to _______ rather than on "solving" problems.
What is make positive changes?
This tool suggests that the therapist’s job is to help the client resolve ambivalence about change
What is motivational interviewing?
A concern that may arise for a couple with children who has a young, unmarried therapist intern
What is therapist competency?
These are potential subconscious barriers to establishing a connection with clients.
What are prejudices, negative preconceptions based on specific client characteristics, and reminders of personal painful relationships.
The sample line, "I understand that treatment at _____ (name of treatment facility) may involve discussing relationship, psychological, and/or emotional issues that may at times be distressing," comes from this clinical form.
What is the basic informed consent form?
Therapists must honestly acknowledge their ______ based on their skills, training, and experience before taking on a case.
What is the scope of competence?
In order to meet a client struggling with alcoholism where they’re at, the therapist may address relapse as what
What is a part of the process leading to long term change?
One way the therapist can compensate for incompetency with a client who comes from an unfamiliar cultural, ethnic, or racial background
What is educating one’s self on multicultural literature and asking the client about their personal experiences?