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The Hardest Clients: Trauma-Informed Care and Motivational Interviewing for Effective De-escalation

Previously Recorded
Juan Olmedo, LCSW
$59.99

Behavioral escalation can be an ongoing, challenging issue with clients with mental health and substance use disorders. Developing skills and competence to help de-escalate verbal and behavioral outbursts is essential. It's also important to recognize how providers can contribute to an environment that triggers past trauma responses as well as safe spaces where clients thrive. This workshop will explore crisis intervention as well as post-crisis . Participants will examine themes of countertransference, the impact of trauma, and the use of modalities including motivational interviewing, harm reducation and mindfulness to address client escalation. The importance of self care and the ongoing impact of clients' emotion dysregulation will also be discussed as part of the need for ongoing self-care and support.

About the Presenter

Juan Olmedo, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice as well as an instructor and trainer. As a therapist, his goal is helping people make changes, cultivating more effective coping strategies and living more fulfilled lives. As a trainer and teacher, he strives to collaborate with colleagues and students to build knowledge, increase skills and grow as clinicians. He is licensed in New York and Georgia and has worked with people from diverse communities, including LGBTQ folks, people of color, immigrants and Latinos (in English or Spanish), helping them deal with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges and the impact of trauma.

Learning Objectives:

  1. To explore two (2) countertransferential responses that effect responsiveness to crisis escalation
  2. To name at least two (2) factors indication client dysregulation
  3. To identify and implement two (2) strategies to intervene de-escalate client crisis situation

Agenda:

Brainstorm: characteristics of a "difficult" client ( )

1. What makes a client “difficult”

o Brainstorm characteristics

o Reframing dysfunctional qualities through a trauma lens

o Substance use as a coping strategy

o Mood and personality disorders (15 minutes)


2. Provider triggers/countertransference

o What is trauma

o Processing post-trauma responses

o Support and self-care (15 minutes)

3. Stages of the assault cycle

o Triggering Phase

o Escalation/acceleration Phase

o Crisis/Peak Phase o Recovery/De-escalation Phase

o Post crisis depression/recovery Phase (30 minutes)


4. Strategies for Provider Responses/Safety Considerations

o Triggering Phase

o Crisis Phase

o Recovery Phase

o Post-Crisis Phase (30 minutes)

5. Motivational Interviewing o Four principles

o OARS / four essential skills

o Active listening (20 minutes)

6. Self-care / Follow up o Mindfulness and meditation

o Relaxation strategies

o Support network/Supervision (10 minutes)


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

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: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • 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.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
Refund Policy:
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