Ed Jacobs – Christine Schimmel – Day Workshop Creative Counseling Toolbox

Take your interventions to the next level using affordable, everyday items such as chairs, rubber bands, white boards and other props, to have a lasting impact on clients’ insight, motivation and desire to change.

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 Ed Jacobs – Christine Schimmel –  Day Workshop Creative Counseling Toolbox

What Makes Therapy Effective?

• Four M’s: Multi-sensory, motivational, marketing, maps
• 8 mistakes most therapists make
• Engagement: the core of effective therapy
• The brain likes novelty – what advertisers know
• Use a depth chart to gage the efficacy of your therapy
• RCFF: Rapport, Contract, Focus, Funnel

Creativity Meets Evidence-Based Practice

• REBT/CBT
• Reality Therapy
• Adlerian Therapy
• Gestalt Therapy
• Transactional Analysis
• Motivational Interviewing/Stages of Change
• Limitations and Risks

Rapport Building
Interventions That Go Beyond Active Listening

• Rubber band technique
• Use of chairs
• Language techniques
• How to roll with resistance

Anxiety Disorders
Disrupt Rumination, Improve Insight and Manage Anxious Thoughts and Feelings

• Creative REBT/CBT Interventions
• Pinwheel
• The power of the whiteboard
• The “Where does the anxiety come from?” technique

Depression and Other Mood Disorders
Increase Motivation, Improve Mood and Get Clients “Unstuck”

• Rearview mirror
• Eeyore/Tigger technique
• Air pump
• Chairs as hope and movement
• Stages of change
• Board of directors
• Kids in a tree

Anger and Resistance
Recognize Triggers, Diffuse Anger and Improve Accountability

• Soda bottle
• Fuses
• Shield/Filter
• Rubber band
• Small chair
• Three R’s: Retreat, Rethink, React

Low Self-Esteem
Improve Self-Talk, Boundary Setting and Decision Making

• Toy hammer
• Dollar bill
• Styrofoam cup
• Nesting dolls – codependency
• Small chair
• Chairs
• Egogram
• ANTS – Automatic Negative Thoughts

Relationships and Conflict Resolution
Build Communication Skills, Emotional Awareness and Empathy

• Rubber band
• Chairs
• Nurturing parent vs. critical parent chair
• Drama triangle
• Infinity diagram of a fight

Grief and Loss
Expand Emotional Expression and Promote Healing

• Dual Process Model
• Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning
• Empty Chair technique
• The Shattering Dominoes

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Description:

Tired of using the same interventions, session after session?Do you find yourself repeating the same phrases and concepts over and over, wondering how much of it is getting through to your clients? Are your sessions unfocused or lacking theoretical basis? Looking to revitalize your practice? 

Watch Drs. Ed Jacobs and Christine Schimmel as they introduce you to a whole new framework for treating clients – an active, creative, multisensory, theory-driven approach that grabs clients’ attention and gets them moving in every sense of the word.

Take your interventions to the next level using affordable, everyday items such as chairs, rubber bands, white boards and other props, to have a lasting impact on clients’ insight, motivation and desire to change.

Built on concepts from evidence-based theoretical approaches such as REBT/CBT, Reality Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, these interventions are designed for all age groups and any clinical issue, including mood and anxiety disorders, anger, low self-esteem and relationships difficulties.

Watch this recording packed with non-stop action, demonstrations and ideas that will have you furiously taking notes as your clinical toolbox overflows with creative, effective interventions you can use immediately!

What’s more, you’ll leave inspired to create even more!