The Thrive Program takes a holistic approach to client care that focuses on best practice intervention to support clinicians in order to support client outcomes. This course focuses on the second of three badges - Connection - where participants will focus on best practices in connecting with clients. Topics will include a review of Roger's Core Conditions, focusing on the therapy session, balancing the relationship with techniques/interventions, integrating cultural and spiritual elements into therapy, and the therapeutic use of disclosure.
Course Curriculum
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- Module 1 Overview & Objectives
- Module 1 Assignment # 1: Insight Journal
- Rogerian Core Conditions (Jennifer Maxfield-DeCarlo, PhD, LCSW-C) (34:21)
- A Reading on "Defining the Therapeutic Relationship"
- The Focus of Therapy (Pamela Llewellyn, LCSW-C) (11:56)
- A Reading on "Application of the Guidance in Therapy"
- Boundary Setting (Valerie Dawkins, LCPC) (19:25)
- A Reading on "Great Expectations: Mistaken Beliefs of Beginning Psychodynamic Psychotherapists"
- Knowledge Quiz
- Module 1, Assignment #1 Insight Journal Submission
- Additional Recommended Resources
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- Module 2 Overview & Objectives
- Module 2 Assignment #2: Insight Journal
- Integrating Spirituality in Psychotherapy (Panel Discussion) (48:19)
- Assessing Needs, Wants, and Expectations in Therapy (Dr. Jennifer Maxfield-DeCarlo, PhD, LCSW-C) (27:14)
- Hands On Assessment Using the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Model (Jon Le, LCPC) (5:08)
- Understanding Normative Reactions Vs Pathology (Stefanie Plitt, LCSW-C) (21:03)
- Knowledge Quiz
- Module 2 Assignment #2: Insight Journal Submission
- Module 2 Assignment #3: Implicit Bias Test
- Additional Recommended Resources
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- Module 3 Overview & Objectives
- Being Ourselves: The Use of Transparency and Self-Disclosure in Therapy (Papillon DeBoer, LPC)
- A Reading on "Social Workers' Attitudes Toward and Engagement in Self-Disclosure"
- Knowledge Quiz
- Module 3, Assignment #4 : Self-Disclosure Scale
- Additional Recommended Resources
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