Would you like to know why talking therapy is insufficient for successful trauma treatment of your clients? Or, would you like to be able to improve your results with clients with a history of trauma? Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a world-renowned expert on trauma, offers a six-hour presentation on this very topic. In this […]
Therapy Notes: How to Document Gray Areas
Therapy Notes: 5 Tips for Clinicians Documenting Gray Areas: Risk Assessment for “Medium Risk” Clients All counselors understand that high risk situations, such as a client reporting suicidal thoughts, require significant and timely therapy notes. However, what about the gray areas we encounter on a daily basis? The situations that linger and don’t quite meet […]
Solution Focused Therapy: Key Principles and Case Example
What is Solution Focused Therapy? And how may you use Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) to empower your clients to get unstuck and achieve their goals? Today, we have the honor of an interview with Denise J. Krause, MSSW, a Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Alumni Relations at the University at Buffalo School of […]
Genograms: A Powerful Therapy Tool
The Genogram Casebook: Book Review Are you looking for a new way to engage your clients in therapy? Or are you looking for some additional methods to help your clients get unstuck, or better understand why they are in their current situations? If yes, you are likely to find Monica McGoldrick’s book “The Genogram Casebook: […]
Suicidal Ideation: How to Document
Suicidal Ideation: 4 Documentation Tips What to Write When a Client Tells You They Are Contemplating Suicide When a client expresses suicidal ideation i.e., a client tells you they no longer want to live and is able to describe how they would end their life, most counselors go into a place of both hyperfocus and multitasking. They […]
