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50 Minutes: How to Conduct an Amazing First Session with Your New Client - Expanded Version

In this webinar, we will discuss assessment, interviewing and joining techniques that allow you to learn about your client as well as form the basis for a continued, healthy therapeutic alliance. Some key skills that will be taught are:

Joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage. Assessment of the problem. Strengths-based interviewing. Related history taking. Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining responding to personality disorders in intake process statement of boundaries, appointment making etc.

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50 Minutes: How to Conduct an Amazing First Session with Your New Client - Expanded Version


Sunday, April 27th, 2025   1:00 PM EDT -4:00 PM EDT
$59.99 Simcha Feuerman, LCSW-R, DHL

In this webinar, we will discuss assessment, interviewing and joining techniques that allow you to learn about your client as well as form the basis for a continued, healthy therapeutic alliance. Some key skills that will be taught are:

Joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage. Assessment of the problem. Strengths-based interviewing. Related history taking. Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining responding to personality disorders in intake process statement of boundaries, appointment making etc.

About the Presenter

Simcha Feuerman is a clinical social worker with 25 years experience treating individuals, families and couples. His current practice specializes in high conflict couples and families and male sexual health

This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Practitioners will learn how to conduct effective intake and interview
  2. Practitioners will learn techniques to assess and join with client
  3. Practitioners will learn techniques to set goals and collaborate in the development of plan for treatment

Agenda:

intro 10 min

explain practitioner state of mind and focus 10 min

skill set one (20 min): joining, helping defuse tension feeling at ease, setting the stage.

skill set two (20 min) Assessment of the problem

skill set three (20 min) Strengths-based interviewing

skill set four (20 min) Related history taking

skill set five (20 min) Reflection, collaboration, checking and refining

skill set six (20 min) personality disorders

skill set seven (20 min) Conclusion, statement of boundaries, appointment making etc

Q and A and summary (20 min)

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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