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PP0004: Treating Anxiety: The Latest Advances
Dramatically shorten treatment time and improve clinical effectiveness with a new powerful motivational approach to anxiety and other presenting problems. Join David Burns as he uncovers and dispels resistance to treatment and enhances collaboration between therapist and client.
Learn how to clearly convey neuroscience information to clients in ways that can have a calming effect and enhance treatment effectiveness. Join Margaret Wehrenberg as she reviews how brain science has allowed therapists to match treatment to the brain structures characterizing anxiety and discusses why it is helpful for clients to have an understanding of neuroscience in treatment.
Expand your understanding of the sources for different kinds of anxiety along with your repertoire of interventions. Join Danie Beaulieu as she explores what metaphors, visual images, and multisensory messages you can use to more fully engage clients and achieve greater impact than is possible with purely word-bound communication.
Learn techniques drawn from Neuro-Linguistic Programming that target the auditory and visual representations that clients make. Join Steve Andreas as he brings about immediate and enduring changes in clients perceptions and feelings as they deal with anxiety.
Learn the 3-step program to help parents and children deal with anxiety. Join Lynn Lyons as she teaches exercises that help normalize anxiety (de-catastrophize it), externalize it (turn the internal state into external metaphors that can be dealt with more readily), and experiment with it (find innovative, playful ways to deal with it).
Join Reid Wilson as he explores a step-by-step approach that helps clients shift their relationship with panic so they can overcome their anxiety. By gradually learning to approach, exaggerate, personify, and caricature panic, the client is able override the responses that perpetuate anxiety.
After the session, please let us know what you think. If you ever have any technical questions or issues, please feel free to email support@psychotherapynetworker.org.
Creating Multiple Streams of Income with Casey Truffo
Expand Your Practice: NP0037 – Session 3
Learn how to leverage your time and energy by distinguishing between having a job and running a business. Join Casey Truffo as she discusses how to increase your income, include new offerings in your practice, and still deliver your therapeutic services. After the session, please let us know what you think. If you ever have any technical questions or issues, please feel free to email support@psychotherapynetworker.org.Whatever Happened to Parental Authority?
By Rich Simon It seems astonishing that even just two or three decades ago, parents not only pretty much knew what was expected of them to turn their offspring into civilized adults, but they could actually count on society to back them up. Even more astounding, kids seemed to understand this, too. Even if they rebelled against, yelled about, or sullenly resented how “unfair” adults were, they seemed to acknowledge adult authority and realize that they would just have to wait until they turned 18 to get for themselves the keys to the kingdom of grown-up independence. 
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Diana Sillence, LMHC, Lutz, FL
Diana Sillence, Lutz, FL
I really enjoyed the different scenarios and our duty to warn, child abuse, etc. but it leaves much more for APA & the legal system to agree on definitions. To date, I have listened to my "gut" for duty to call in child abuse, neglect; or if there is no imminent danger, I believe it is better for the child and family to continue with therapy where in-home services are involved. In reference to FL, it would have been nice to have a link to the code of ethics available. Otherwise, thank you Dr. Mitchell for a great presentation.
I love listening to Dr. Zur and his refreshing comments about "being real." My transparency aligns more with Dr. Zur than with Mary Jo (who made good comments to consider). I certainly don't tell the client my life's story; however, if something comes up that I believe to be helpful, I will share a little to get a point across.
In response to Susan in Seattle, I will always accept gifts from children. However, when it comes to adults, it is a very gray area. In response to how Mary Jo handles it by discussing gift-giving in the beginning, gifts may never be an issue. I always ask myself, "Is it therapeutic for the client?" Most clients I have had feel rejected if the gift is rejected, so I usually accept their token of appreciation. On the other hand, talking about gifts in the first session may eliminate these uncomfortable moments. Thanks again, Mary Jo.
Your discussion on ethics has been the best I've ever "attended." You put a lot of emphasis on how much you discuss regarding expectations and safety. Because your concepts are new to me in regards to discussing with clients these various issues, I will have to start slowly so I feel comfortable in "taking their time." Clients are so ready to begin speaking about the reasons they are coming in and what they want, I will now learn to do a more introductory portion to emphasize their feeling of safety. Thanks for a REAL workshop on ethics. Very helpful and thought provoking.