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Whole Psychiatry: Alternatives to Conventional Psychopharmacology with Robert Hedaya
Meds: Myths and Realities: NP0035 – Session 4
Is psychopharmacology is a 'go-to' in your practice? Join Robert Hedaya as he discusses how to treat the bodily systems that underlay many mental health issues while avoiding medication. 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.Tough Customers: Is It Them or Us?
By Rich Simon As therapists, many of us practice in two different worlds. In the first, we see polite, well-behaved, articulate clients with solid values. They engage fully in therapy, talk cogently about their problems, listen attentively to our responses, make reasonably good-faith efforts to follow our suggestions, and sooner or later get better. No wonder we genuinely like these people! Does This Kid Need Medication? with Ron Taffel
Meds: Myths and Realities: NP0035 – Session 3
Do you feel like you could be a more effective therapist with your younger clients? Do you find it hard to determine when interventions--psychological and pharmacological--might be needed? Join Ron Taffel and learn to identify key diagnostic signs that indicate medications could be helpful when dealing with depression, anxiety, AD/HD, and affective disorders. 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.
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Avoiding Clinical DriftLearning how to use CARE with your clientsBy David Bricker, Mark Glat, and Sherri Stover Q: Lately, some of my therapy sessions are feeling less focused--more like friendly conversations and reviews of the week's events. How can I better organize my work and keep therapy moving toward objective, recognizable goals? A: Getting unstuck in your therapy requires a good "clinical toolbox"--a set of useful, empirically informed ideas about therapy and human behavior that are easy to remember, easy to access, and foster "clinical mindfulness." Being an effective therapist requires not only being empathic, but having concrete skills that help make a difference in the lives of our clients. The toolbox we use has four compartments that correspond to the areas most clients must address in therapy: * Cognitions--all the words, ideas, and concepts that shape a client's way of seeing the world; * Actions--behaviors and activities that structure experiences inside and outside of the consulting room; * Relaxation--that's shorthand for the importance of managing bodily responses, especially anxiety, in clinical work; * Emotional Expression--the role that feelings play in all forms of psychotherapy. Keeping the acronym of CARE in mind (as both an idea and a mantra) will help your practice become more focused and effective.
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