This afterschool and summer program for teens and tweens pulls from CBT, DBT, and TST principles.
What is Club Aspen?
This therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts.
CBT
This coping skill involves engaging the five senses to bring one's focus back to the present moment.
5-4-3-2-1 Technique
This is often the first area to suffer when clinicians are stressed.
Sleep
This social worker is known as the "mother of social work."
Jane Addams
This word in our agency's name reflects our belief that people can recover, adapt, and thrive after adversity.
What is resiliency?
Wise Mind, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness come from this therapy.
DBT
This coping skill engages the parasympathetic nervous system by slowing the breath
Deep Breathing
Taking your lunch break, using PTO, and ending sessions on time are examples of this.
Boundaries
This documentation principle says notes should include only clinically relevant information.
Minimum necessary.
Name three services provided through Patterson Center.
Intensive Trauma Treatment, groups, Club Aspen, individual therapy, family therapy, parent coaching, etc
This trauma treatment often uses bilateral stimulation.
EMDR
This is the opposite of being on 'autopilot' and means being aware of what you are doing.
Mindfulness
Research consistently identifies this factor as one of the strongest buffers against burnout.
Social Support
Social Work Month celebrates and recognizes the profession of social work during this month
March
Name one agency value that guides our work with clients.
Integrity and ethics, Quality patient care, Happy, healthy staff, Fiscal responsibility, Learning, education, and research, Social justice, Community, Prevention and education, Strengths-based
In this client-centered approach, therapists use OARS skills.
MI
This coping skill involves 4 repeating steps, each done in 4 seconds.
Box Breathing
Name the top 3 self-care techniques clinicians can use
Boundary Setting, Mini Mindfulness Breaks, Peer Consultation and Support
Research has shown that these four-legged companions can help reduce anxiety and increase comfort in therapy sessions.
Therapy dogs
What are three characteristics that set The Patterson Center apart?
(Any 3 Things)
This approach emphasizes psychological flexibility and accepting thoughts rather than fighting them.
ACT
This DBT distress tolerance skill changes body chemistry using Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, and Progressive Relaxation
TIPP
Name three signs you may be approaching burnout.
(Any 3 signs)
Research consistently shows that this factor predicts successful therapy outcomes more than any specific treatment model.
Therapeutic Alliance