Dr. Carlo DiClemente
Dr. DiClemente discusses two of his books: "Changing for Good" and "Addiction and Change." "Changing for Good" looks at a study on more than 1,000 people who were able to positively alter their lives without psychotherapy.
Chapter 3: The Counseling Relationship: A Unique Social Encounter
Open Questions
Interesting exercise to practice asking open questions. The video shows how hard it is to ask open questions. Are you any better at it?
Open and Closed Ended Questions
Good illustration of open and closed ended questioning...identifies settings (e.g. cross examining) where open ended questions are not desirable.
“Interrogating” Tone
Animated video demonstrating the ‘interrogating’ tone to a series of closed ended questioning
Interpretation
From “Two and a Half Men” Charlie Harper receiving ‘interpretation’ from his ‘shrink’
Goal Scaling
Brief illustration of a counselor helping a client identify place on a goal scale.
SMART Goals
A brief introduction to setting Goals in the SMART format, a process which may Goals more defined and easier to achieve, thus enabling you to create the results for wealth and happiness that you seek in your life and business more efficiently.
Chapter 6: Moving from "what is" to "what is desired"
Goal Scaling
Brief illustration of a counselor helping a client identify place on a goal scale.
SMART Goals
A brief introduction to setting Goals in the SMART format, a process which may Goals more defined and easier to achieve, thus enabling you to create the results for wealth and happiness that you seek in your life and business more efficiently.
Chapter 7: Practice Accountability: An ethical mandate and a practice necessity
Termination Process
A demonstration of the termination process - depicting the challenges involved in ending a long-term relationship (in this case, the client-counselor relationship
Chapter 8: Counselor Competence: An Ethical Precondition to Successful Intervention
Supervision and Continuing Education
Developing and Implementing Online Supervision in Counselor Education: Strategies to get Started, Jonathan Lent
Scott Bayliff
Scott Bayliff, Associate Executive Director, Places for People in St. Louis, Missouri, discusses the purpose and implementation of clinical supervision of his staff. Content focuses on the process of supervision as a method for mentoring and evaluating staff competence relative to client interactions, professional competence and personal wellness.
Burnout-Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma
Compassion Fatigue can develop because even though working with suffering people is rewarding it can also be hard to take sometimes. Dr. Frank Ochberg explains the causes, symptoms and methods for coping with compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
“Resilience Man”
Resilience man (a cartoon presentation) discusses "vicarious trauma." He shows how to cope with the impact of things you see and hear when working with victims of violence, natural disasters, and tragedies of various kinds.
Counseling Session: Anger
session with Andrew a client mandated to come to counseling because of battering incident. Andrew, like so many others, doesn't understand the impact that his history of family violence and his behaviors have on his family when he becomes angry and out of control. He doesn't want his wife to leave him but he isn't so sure he is ready to take responsibility. Will he become serious about taking responsibility and learning skills which help him manage his anger?