This week we are taking it back to the basics-- how to open and close sessions! We share our favourite opening questions/remarks, talk about why it can be valuable to avoid “how are you” as the opening question, and what to do when clients look to you, the therapist, to lead.
On the flip side, we wrap up the session by talking about the benefits of an intentional closing with clients, why it’s so important to be able to structure sessions, and how to build our interrupting skills.
As clinicians, we often want to explore all the deep, big stuff of therapy, which we absolutely love! AND we know it’s valuable to keep our foundational skills well-polished, doing regular check-ins without ourselves and our clients to see if there is anything we need to tweak or adjust.
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Alison McCleary
www.alpenglowcounselling.com
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Jordan Pickell
www.jordanpickellcounselling.ca
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Edge of the Couch
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Anti-fat Bias in Therapy -- Interview with Alexandra Shewan
The Insidious Nature of Competitiveness
Finding Your Theoretical Orientation
When Things Go Sideways
Holding onto Hope
Religion, Spirituality, and Ghosts
How to Leave Work at Work
Rupture and Repair
Reframing Our Fear of Failure and Embracing Mistake Making - Interview with Kat DeFatta
The Beautiful, Powerful Art of Self-Disclosure
Progress Notes: Often Stressful, Sometimes Dangerous
Practicing Joy and Play for Collective Liberation - Interview with Ji-Youn Kim
I passed a client on the street! Should I say 'Hi'?
Multiple clients owe me money. Now what??
Talking to Clients about Sex
Celebrating Humanness in the Therapy Room and on Social Media - Interview with Taylor Broughton
What the heck happens in first sessions anyway?
Moving Through Client Stuckness
Re-imagining therapy - Interview with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
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