Infants & Children (IC) Therapeutic Resistance IV

1.0 hour
MCBAP-R: 1
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This course is Part (4) of a five (5) part series whereby Dr. Clifton Mitchell addresses the possible impasses a therapist may experience with resistant individuals. Essentially, Dr. Mitchell suggests appropriate approaches to be utilized when an individual responds; "Yes, but..." or "I don't know." The techniques and approaches are applicable to varied scenarios. This would be appropriate for NBCC, CMHP, QMHP.

Additional Language Techniques to Reduce Resistance

In part four (4) of the five (5) part course, the course expert provides additional techniques for extracting information from those resistant clients. This course provides a deeper conversation and expansion into how the questions therapists use to guide the sessions and breakthrough to those resistant clients. 

Converting Open Questions to Curious Commands 

This course provides specific techniques for framing questions in mores successful ways. The course expert refers to this technique as using curious commands. The course expert provides examples and best practices for changing therapist habits into more constructive and successful tactics. 

Clifton Mitchell

Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

Mitchell is an international clinical trainer and keynote speaker who has a love for teaching and over 23 years of training experience. He delivers practical information in a uniquely entertaining, fast-paced style that is filled with humor and examples from his experience in mental health. For over 15 years, he has studied and presented seminars on methods for dealing with resistance in therapy. In his book, Effective Techniques for Dealing with Highly Resistant Clients, he presents cutting-edge approaches for managing psychological resistance. He is a contributing author in therapy books and published in numerous professional journals including the Psychotherapy Networker, Psychotherapy in Australia, Journal of Personality Assessment, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Psychology and Education, Journal of Psychological Type, The Professional School Counselor, Vistas, and The Advocate. His ideas and writings have also been published in Men's Health Today and Barron’s Financial Weekly. Dr. Mitchell is currently a professor of counseling at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he received the Teacher of the Year award in 2002. For more information please visit: www.cliftonmitchell.com.

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